Pleuroloba

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Pleuroloba
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Pleuroloba costellaris (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
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Pleuroloba

Hyman, Rouse & Ponder, 2005 [1]
Type species
Ophicardelus quoyiH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Pleuroloba is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.

Species

Species within the genus Pleuroloba include:

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<i>Pleuroloba costellaris</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Pleuroloba Hyman, Rouse & Ponder, 2005. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580108 on 2015-07-21