Rumina (gastropod)
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Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | Rumina |
Rumina is a genus of medium-sized predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.
Rumina is the type genus of the subfamily Rumininae.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Rumina include:
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Decollate snail - the type species
- Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901[3]
- Rumina paviae (Lowe, 1861)[3]
References
- ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b Mienis H. K. (2003). "A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel". Tentacle 11: 11-12.
Further reading
- Mienis H. K. (2002). "Rumina paviae: the giant decollated snail from North Africa". Triton 5: 33-34.