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Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. [2]The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and are present on some Caribbean islands.
Cerionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea. [3] Pre-2008 taxonomy
The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. [3] It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe, and has been introduced to North America. Subspecies. Cepaea nemoralis etrusca (Rossmässler, 1835) [4]
Cantareus apertus inhabits Mediterranean shrublands, near cultivated fields, gardens. [3] In Gavdos (Greece) also in woodland spreading on recently abandoned cultivated fields, more rarely in natural habitats. [3] In Crete this species is active for 3–4 months after the first rainfalls in October. It aestivates buried relatively deep in the ...
Neohelix albolabris is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae. Alternate names for Neohelix albolabris are Helix albolabris and Triodopsis albolabris. It is the first land snail to be named by an American-born naturalist, Thomas Say in 1817.
Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora. [2] Genera. Achatinelloides Nevill, 1878 [3]
This list of gastropods described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of snails and slugs of every kind that have been described (following the rules of the ICZN) during the year 2015. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. For changes in taxonomy above the level of genus, see Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005.
Zachrysiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Sagdoidea. [1] It is native to Cuba , though some species have been introduced to Florida , West Indies islands, the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and Panama .