Epiphragmophora | |
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Different views of a shell of Epiphragmophora clausomphalos | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Subfamily: | Epiphragmophorinae |
Genus: | Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 |
Synonyms | |
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Epiphragmophora is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. [1]
It occurs exclusively in South America, and is distributed in Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, with isolated occurrences in southern Colombia and southern Brazil. This genus is known to be a typical component of the Andean fauna, although it inhabits elevated cloud rainforest areas and flatlands in Argentina and Bolivia. [2]
Species in the genus Epiphragmophora include: [2] [3]
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