Naggsia laomontana

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Naggsia laomontana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Contents

Superfamily: Plectopyloidea
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus:Naggsia
Páll-Gergely & Muratov, 2016 [1]
Species:N. laomontana
Binomial name
Naggsia laomontana
(L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Synonyms [1]

Helix laomontana L. Pfeiffer, 1862
Plectopylis laomontana (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Chersaecia laomontana (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)

Naggsia laomontana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.

In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.

Land snail

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells. However, it is not always easy to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less amphibious between land and fresh water, and others are relatively amphibious between land and salt water.

Terrestrial animal animals living on land

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land, as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water, or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Terrestrial invertebrates include ants, flies, crickets, grasshoppers and spiders.

Distribution

The distribution of Naggsia laomontana includes Laos. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Páll-Gergely B., Muratov I. V. & Asami T. (2016). "The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species". ZooKeys592: 1-26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.592.8118.