Caracolus

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Caracolus
Caracolus caracolla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Sagdoidea
Family: Solaropsidae
Genus: Caracolus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[2]
  • Caracolla Montfort, 1810
  • Carocolla Gray, 1825 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation)
  • Corocolla auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Discodoma Swainson, 1840
  • Helix (Caracolla) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Caracolus) Montfort, 1810
  • Helix (Carocolla) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Serpentulus Adams, 1855
  • Vortex Oken, 1815 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417)
  • Wurtzorbis Webb, 1970

Caracolus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[3]

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