Trukcharopa

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Trukcharopa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Trukcharopa
Solem, 1983

Trukcharopa is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae. [1] The only description of this genus and its sole representative species, Trukcharopa trukana, comes from Alan Solem in 1982.

Species

Species within the genus Trukcharopa include:

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References

  1. Solem, Alan; Solem, Alan (1982). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Chicago: Field museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2553.