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Solaropsis
Sign in to saveSolaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilySolaropsidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 142
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Solaropsidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, UMMZ, NHMUK, CM, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina, Guyana, Bolivia, Paraguay
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pleurodontidae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.397892 - Solaropsis pellisserpentis (Chemnitz, 1795) - Pleurodontidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.
== Distribution == Distribution of Solaropsis include:
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