Tropidoptera
Appearance
Tropidoptera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Amastridae |
Genus: | Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889[1] |
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Tropidoptera is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Tropidotera include:
- Tropidoptera alata
- Tropidoptera discus
- Tropidoptera heliciformis
- Tropidoptera rex
- Tropidoptera wesleyi
References
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