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Homorus

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Homorus
Shell of Homorus nigellus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Homorus
Albers, 1850
Type species
Achatina cyanostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1842
Synonyms

Achatina (Homorus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)

Homorus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Homorus include:

Taxon inquirendum
  • Homorus foveolatus Preston, 1909 (taxon inquirendum)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995623 on 2021-03-07
  • Morelet, A., 1868 Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. In: Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du gourvernement portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguela, p. 102 pp
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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