Libera (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Endodontidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Punctoidea Rank Genus

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

Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.

Species

Species in the genus Libera include:

Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)

Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)

Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976

Libera cookeana Solem, 1976

Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)

Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)

Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)

Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976

Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976

Libera gregaria Garret, 1884

Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)

Libera incognata Solem, 1976

Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850)

Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976

Libera recedens Garret, 1884

Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)

Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)

Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)

Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species

Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinct

Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976

The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:

These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.

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