Solaropsis | |
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Shell of Solaropsis pellisboae (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Sagdoidea |
Family: | Solaropsidae |
Genus: | Solaropsis Beck, 1837 [1] |
Type species | |
Helix pellisserpentisGmelin, 1791 | |
Synonyms | |
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Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae. [2] [3]
Distribution of Solaropsis include:
Central America:
South America:
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
Solaropsis lives in rain forests. [5]
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory. [5]
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