Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.[2]
Leiostracus | |
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Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Simpulopsidae |
Genus: | Leiostracus Albers, 1850[1] |
Synonyms | |
Drymaeus (Leiostracus) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank) |
This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.[3][4][5]
Species in the genus Leiostracus include:[3][5]
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