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Jaminia
Sign in to saveJaminia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyEnidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 169
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Enidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Cyprus, France, Turkey, Tunisia, Greece, Israel, Slovakia, Romania
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Jaminia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.
==Characteristics== (Original description in French) The shell is elongated and turreted, featuring a distinct suture. The peritreme (the margin of the aperture) is complete on the right, the left, and across the front; it is slightly joined toward its posterior section.
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