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 in the genus Libera include:
Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976Libera cookeana Solem, 1976Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976Libera gregaria Garret, 1884Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)Libera incognata Solem, 1976Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850)Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976Libera recedens Garret, 1884Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type speciesLibera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinctLibera umbilicata Solem, 1976The 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.
