Helicina rostrata | |
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Five shells of Helicina rostrata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Helicinidae |
Genus: | Helicina |
Species: | H. rostrata |
Binomial name | |
Helicina rostrata Morelet, 1851 | |
Helicina rostrata is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
This is an endangered species.
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Helicina is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
Ogasawarana yoshiwarana is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae, the helicinids.
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Rostratus (masculine), rostrata (feminine) or rostratum (neuter) is a Latin adjective meaning "beaked, curved, hooked, with a crooked point, or with a curved front".
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Helicina platychila is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
Helicina rhodostoma is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. They are one of few land snail species to have eyes at the base of their tentacles. This may suggest that Helicina orbiculata individuals are separate male and female, as opposed to the more common hermaphroditic land snails.
Helicina aspersa is a species of a land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
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