Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Sharp Awlsnail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
()
- Swainson, 1840
- Family:
Subulinidae
()
- P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
- Genus:
Opeas
()
- Albers, 1850
- Specific name:
pyrgula
- Schmacker and Boettger, 1891
- Scientific name: - Opeas pyrgula Schmacker and Boettger, 1891
- Specific name:
pyrgula
- Schmacker and Boettger, 1891
- Genus:
Opeas
(
- Family:
Subulinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Opeas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. pumilum (Dwarf Awlsnail) · O. pyrgula (Sharp Awlsnail)
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Further Reading
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- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 27, p. 28, p. 33, p. 37, p. 44, p. 47, p. 50, p. 51, p. 51, p. 55, p. 60, p. 61, p. 61, p. 65, p. 66, p. 66, p. 75, p. 79, p. 80.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 165, p. 165, p. 173, p. 173, p. 174, p. 174, p. 348, p. 348.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 737, p. 737.
- Scientific Japan, past and present, prepared [by the National Research Council of Japan] in connection with the third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo, 1926. Kyoto[1926?] url p. 123.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 10, p. 103, p. 80.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 459, p. 459.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 116, p. 122, p. 86, p. 87.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687954
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76971
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76971
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510457
