Biology:Chilonopsis

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

Chilonopsis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.269633 - Chilonopsis nonpareil (Perry, 1811) - Subulinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Chilonopsis nonpareil
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Petriolinae
Genus: Chilonopsis
Fischer de Waldheim, 1848[1]

Chilonopsis is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. All species were found on Saint Helena[2]

Species

Species within the genus Chilonopsis include:

References

  1. Fischer de Waldheim (1848). Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 21(1): 233, 236.
  2. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

Wikidata ☰ Q5099165 entry