Poole, Karen E.
Balea
Sign in to saveBalea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderAnthoathecata
- FamilyBalellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 98
- Family
- Clausiliidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, PRI, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Romania, France, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Poland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Clausiliidae
- Image
- Balea perversa 2.jpg
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- taxon name
- Balea
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Balea
- taxon common name
- Schorshorentjes
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Balea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Balea is the type genus of the subfamily Baleinae.
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