Gerontia (gastropod)

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Gerontia
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Gerontia

Hutton, 1882

Gerontia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Gerontia include:

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References

  1. "Gerontia pantherina". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 5 February 2015.