Tubuaia

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Tubuaia
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Tubuaia

Cooke & Kondo, 1960

Tubuaia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.

Species

There are 18 species plus several subspecies. The 18 species are as follows: [1]

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References

  1. Kondo, Y. 1962: The genus Tubuaia (Pulmonata, Achatinellidae). Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin, (224)