Rumina (gastropod)
| Rumina | |
|---|---|
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| Rumina decollata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Subulinidae |
| Subfamily: | Rumininae |
| Genus: | Rumina (Risso, 1826)[1] |
Rumina is a genus of medium-sized predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.
Rumina is the type genus of the subfamily Rumininae.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Rumina include:
- Rumina decollata - Decollate snail - the type species
- Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901[3]
- Rumina paviae (Lowe, 1861)[3]
References
- ↑ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 Mienis H. K. (2003). "A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel". Tentacle 11: 11-12.
Further reading
- Mienis H. K. (2002). "Rumina paviae: the giant decollated snail from North Africa". Triton 5: 33-34.
External links
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