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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Carychiinae |
| Genus: | Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 |
Zospeum is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
Species within the genus Zospeum include:
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Carychiinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. Ellobiidae is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Carychium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Zospeum tholussum or the Domed Land Snail, is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails in the family Ellobiidae. It is a very small species, with a shell height of less than 2 mm (0.08 in) and a shell width of around 1 mm (0.04 in). Z. tholussum individuals are completely blind and possess translucent shells with five to six whorls. The second whorl of their shells has a characteristic dome-like shape. They are also extremely slow-moving and may depend on passive transportation through running water or larger animals for dispersal.
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Angustopila dominikae is a species of light grey, round, land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hypselostomatidae. Angustopila dominikae have been found in southern China, and are considered to be one of the world's smallest terrestrial molluscs. This species is a tropical snail found on limestone cliffs.
Angustopila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hypselostomatinae of the family Hypselostomatidae.
Zospeum percostulatum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. This species is endemic to Asturias, Spain. It is known from several limestone caves near Llanes. Though there were a few old records of Zospeum in Asturias, dubiously identified as Z. suarezi and Z. schaufussi, Zospeum percostulatum is the first species described for this autonomous community.
Zospeum vasconicum is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails.
Koreozospeum is a genus of small air-breathing land snails. It contains a single species, Koreozospeum nodongense.
Zospeum zaldivarae is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snail.
Zospeum robustum is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails.
Zospeum bucculentum is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails.
Zospeum manitaense is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snail. Some individuals in this genus were previously described under the name of Zospeum amoenum, Zospeum isselianum or Zospeum pretneri.
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