Homorus | |
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Shell of Homorus nigellus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Genus: | Homorus Albers, 1850 |
Type species | |
Achatina cyanostomaL. Pfeiffer, 1842 | |
Synonyms | |
Achatina (Homorus)Albers, 1850 (original rank) |
Homorus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. [1]
Species within the genus Homorus include:
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Streptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
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