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Leiostracus
Sign in to saveLeiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilySimpulopsidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 57
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Simpulopsidae
- Collections
- AUM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Colombia
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Bulimulidae
- Image
- Leiostracus vittatus (Spix, 1827) (8633475441).jpg
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Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.
This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.
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