Lignus

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Lignus
Lignus cailleanus (MNHN-IM-2000-4898) 001.jpeg
Shell of Lignus cailleanus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Lignus
Gray, 1834
Type species
Lignus tenuisGray, 1834
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • PeriderisShuttleworth, 1856 (primary homonym of PeriderisBrandt, 1835 [Echinodermata].)
  • PseudotrochusMörch, 1852

Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. [1]

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Species

Taxon inquirendum

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995605 on 2021-05-08