Poole, Karen E.
Blanfordia
Sign in to saveBlanfordia is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. They are land snails which have an operculum.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyPomatiopsidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pomatiopsidae
- Collections
- USNM, DMNH, NHMUK, UF, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Japan, Australia, Taiwan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pomatiopsidae
- Image
- Blanfordia bensoni.png
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- Commons category
- Blanfordia
- taxon name
- Blanfordia
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution
- Description
- Species
- Cladogram
- Ecology
- References
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Blanfordia is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. They are land snails which have an operculum.
The generic name Blanfordia is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blanfordia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.