Santacharis

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Santacharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
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Santacharis
Shell of Santacharis hullianus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Santacharis
Iredale, 1927
Type species
Santacharis hullianus Iredale, 1927
Synonyms[1]

Placostylus (Santacharis) Iredale, 1927

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Species

  • Santacharis fuligineus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Santacharis hullianus Iredale, 1927
  • Santacharis salomonis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)

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