Causa

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Causa
Causa holosericea shell.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Causa holosericea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Causa
Schileyko, 1971

Causa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Causa include:

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Causa Schileyko, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871095 on 2020-07-30