Kara (gastropod) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Orthalicidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Orthalicoidea Scientific name Kara

Kara is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.

Kara was previously a subgenus of Thaumastus; it was elevated to genus level in 2011.

Species

Species within the genus Kara include:

Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) - type species of the (sub)genus Kara

Thaumastus thompsonoides Oberwimmer, 1931