Japonia

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Japonia
Japonia katorii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Japonia
Gould, 1859
Type species
Cyclostoma barbata A. Gould, 1859
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Japonia) A. Gould, 1859 (original rank)
  • Japonia (Japonia) A. A. Gould, 1859 · alternate representation
  • Japonia (Mylicotrochus) P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899 · alternate representation
  • Lagochilus (Japonia) Gould, 1859(superseded combination)
  • Lagochilus (Mylicotrochus) P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899

Japonia is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.[1]

The genus was created by Augustus Addison Gould in 1959.[2]

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