Vallonia
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Vallonia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae
Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...

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Species

Species in the genus Vallonia include:
  • Vallonia allamanica
    Vallonia allamanica
    Vallonia allamanica is a species of gastropod in the Valloniidae family.It is endemic to Germany....

  • Vallonia costata
    Vallonia costata
    Vallonia costata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in areas including:* Great Britain* Ireland* Czech Republic* Slovakia* Poland...

    (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Vallonia cyclophorella
    Vallonia cyclophorella
    Vallonia cyclophorella, common name Silky Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae....

    Sterki, 1892 - Silky Vallonia
  • Vallonia declivis
    Vallonia declivis
    Vallonia declivis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.- Distribution :...

    Sterki, 1893 - synonym: Vallonia adela
  • Vallonia eiapopeia Gerber, 1996
  • Vallonia enniensis
    Vallonia enniensis
    Vallonia enniensis is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.- Distribution :The distribution of this species is central-European and southern-European....

    (Gredler, 1856)
  • Vallonia excentrica
    Vallonia excentrica
    Vallonia excentrica, common name Excentric Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in areas which include:Europe:...

    Sterki, 1893 - Excentric Vallonia
  • Vallonia gracilicosta
    Vallonia gracilicosta
    Vallonia gracilicosta, common name multirib vallonia or Multiribbed Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.- Subspecies :...

    Reinhardt, 1883
  • Vallonia parvula Sterki, 1893
  • Vallonia perspectiva Sterki, 1893 - Thin lip vallonia
  • Vallonia pulchella
    Vallonia pulchella
    Vallonia pulchella, common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in countries and islands including:...

    (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Lovely Vallonia - type species
    Type species
    In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...

  • Vallonia suevica
    Vallonia suevica
    Vallonia suevica is a species of gastropod in the Valloniidae family. It is endemic to Germany.-Source:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    Geyer, 1908
  • Vallonia tenuilabris
    Vallonia tenuilabris
    Vallonia tenuilabris is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.- External links :...

    (Braun, 1843)


Further reading

Gerber J. (1996). "Revision der Gattung Vallonia Risso 1826 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Valloniidae)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie 8: 1-227.
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