Mandarina
Genus of gastropods
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Mandarina is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae, subfamily Bradybaeninae.[3]
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| Mandarina | |
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| Mandarina hirasei | |
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| Mandarina suenoae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Genus: | Mandarina Pilsbry, 1894[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 17 species, 5 of them are extinct | |
Mandarina have been traditionally placed within Camaenidae.[2] Phylogenic study by Chiba (1999)[4] have found, that Mandarina is closely related to Euhadra (family Bradybaenidae) and that Mandarina have probably evolved from Euhadra.[2]
Distribution
The genus Mandarina is endemic to Ogasawara Islands.[2]
Description
Species
Species within the genus Mandarina include:
