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Ophicardelus
Sign in to saveOphicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderEllobiida
- FamilyEllobiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Ellobiidae
- Collections
- NMV, MNHN, AM, USNM, MAGNT, MCZ
- Recorded in
- Australia, France, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines
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Ophicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.
==Species== thumb|Ophicardelus sulcatus Species within the genus Ophicardelus include: Ophicardelus costellaris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - New Zealand, Australia, synonym: Ophicardelus australis H. H. Beck, 1838 Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821) - synonym: Ophicardelus ornata A. de Férussac, 1821 - Australia, (drawing) Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Ophicardelus irregularis Mousson, 1869; Ophicardelus minor Mousson, 1869 - Australia Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - Australia
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