Paropeas
| Paropeas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Subulinidae |
| Genus: | Paropeas Pilsbry, 1903 |
Paropeas is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.
The subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Paropeas include:
- Paropeas achatinaceum
- Paropeas tchehelense
References
- ↑ Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum and a new concept of Paropeas (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 60(2): 175-191. doi:10.1093/mollus/60.2.175.
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