Oxychona

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Oxychona
Oxychona bifasciata from Bahia.jpg
A shell of Oxychona bifasciata from Bahia, Brazil'
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Oxychona
Mörch, 1852
Type species
Trochus bifasciatusBurrow, 1815

Oxychona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae. [1]

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Species

Species in the genus Oxychona include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oxychona Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995863 on 2021-02-07
  2. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "A new Oxychona species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae) from Bahia state, Brazil". Journal of Conchology. 41 (3): 315–318.