Eumecostylus

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Eumecostylus
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Shell of Eumecostylus almiranta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Eumecostylus
E. von Martens, 1860
Type species
Bulimus cleryiPetit de la Saussaye, 1850
Synonyms [1]
  • Bulimus (Eumecostylus)Martens, 1860 (original rank)
  • Placostylus (Eumecostylus)Martens, 1860
  • Placostylus (Proaspastus)Clench, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • ProaspastusClench, 1941 (junior synonym)

Eumecostylus, or flax snails, are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae. [1]

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Species

Species within this genus include:

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eumecostylus E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863055 on 2020-11-14