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Trochulus
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Trochulus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Hairy Snail
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyHygromiidae
Observations9,217
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 213
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Hygromiidae
- Collections
- CMN, DMNH, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, CM, MZLU, UF
- Recorded in
- Canada, Republic Of Austria, France, Spain, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Poland, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Hair on shells
- Feeding habits
- References
- Further reading
Trochulus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochulininae of the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
==Taxonomy== Trichia Hartmann, 1840 is a junior synonym of Trochulus Chemnitz, 1786.
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