Omalonyx
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| Omalonyx | |
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| A live individual of Omalonyx convexus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Subfamily: | Succineinae |
| Genus: | Omalonyx d'Orbigny, 1837[1] |
Omalonyx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. These snails are amphibious, living very close to water and moving around both on emergent plants and also on submerged aquatic plants.[2]
Species of the genus Omalonyx occur in the Caribbean Islands, and they are also amply distributed throughout South America.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Omalonyx include:
- Omalonyx brasiliensis (Simroth, 1896)[2]
- Omalonyx convexus (Heynemann, 1868)[2]
- Omalonyx matheronii (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)[2] or[clarification needed] Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[3]
- Omalonyx pattersonae Tillier, 1981[2]
- Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1837)[2]
- Omalonyx geayi Tillier, 1980[2]