Euplecta

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Euplecta
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Euplecta indica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Euplecta
C. Semper, 1870
Type species
Helix subopaca
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Synonyms [1]

Nanina (Thysanota)Albers, 1860

Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae. [1]

Contents

These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. [2]

More than eighty species are recognized according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [3]

Species

However, Worldwide Mollusc Species Database described (WMSD) [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995739 on 2020-11-16
  2. "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "Taxon details - Euplecta C. Semper, 1870". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. "Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land)". WMSD. Retrieved 25 February 2019.