Opanara

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Opanara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Opanara
Solem, 1976 [1]

Opanara is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Opanara include:

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References

  1. Solem A. (1976). "Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands. (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra.) Part 1. Family Endodontidae". Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago: 227.
  2. Bank, R. (2017). Opanara Solem, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995327 on 2017-11-16