Biology:Keraea

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Keraea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Keraea
Gude, 1911
Type species

Keraea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Keraea include:

  • Keraea bertholdiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
  • Keraea deflorata (R. T. Lowe, 1855) (uncertain)
  • Keraea garachicoensis (Wollaston, 1878) extinct
  • Keraea gorgonarum (Dohrn, 1869)

References

  1. Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012.PDF.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Keraea Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1000309 on 2022-07-22

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