Santacharis
Genus of gastropods
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Santacharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]
| Santacharis | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Santacharis hullianus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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] | |
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Placostylus (Santacharis) Iredale, 1927 | |
Species
- Santacharis fuligineus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Santacharis hullianus Iredale, 1927
- Santacharis salomonis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)