Kara (gastropod)
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| Kara | |
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| Shell of Kara thompsonii (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Genus: | Kara Strebel, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bulimus thompsonii L. Pfeiffer, 1845 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thaumastus (Kara) Strebel, 1910 | |
Kara is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.[2][3]
Kara was previously a subgenus of Thaumastus; it was elevated to genus level in 2011.[2]
