Euplecta

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Euplecta
Euplecta indica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Euplecta
C. Semper, 1870
Type species
Helix subopaca
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Synonyms[1]

Nanina (Thysanota) Albers, 1860

Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.[1]

These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.[2]

More than eighty species are recognized according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).[3]

Species[edit]

However, Worldwide Mollusc Species Database described (WMSD)[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euplecta C. Semper, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995739 on 2020-11-16
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Taxon details - Euplecta C. Semper, 1870". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Family: ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin-Austen, 1888 (Land)". WMSD. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

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