| Oestophora | |
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| Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Oestophora |
| Diversity [2] | |
| about 10 species | |
Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.
The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian Peninsula, north Africa and the Azores. [2]
The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls. [2] The apertural margin is reflected and thickened. [2]
Reproductive system: There is no flagellum, no penial papilla. [2] There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and vagina with 3 simple and long accessory (mucus) glands. [2]
The number of haploid chromosomes is 30. [3]
Species within the genus Oestophoa include:
Synonyms:
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Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Assiminea is a genus of minute, salt-tolerant snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.
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Auriculastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
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