Paropeas
Genus of gastropods
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Paropeas is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[1]
| Paropeas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Subfamily: | Subulininae |
| Genus: | Paropeas Pilsbry, 1903 |
The subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Paropeas include:
- Paropeas achatinaceum
- Paropeas tchehelense