Thysanota

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Thysanota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Thysanota
Albers, 1860
Synonyms
  • Nanina (Thysanota)Albers, 1860
  • QueridomusIredale, 1937

Thysanota is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae. [1] These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka. [2]

Eight species are recognized.

Species

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References

  1. "Taxon details - Thysanota Albers, 1860". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.