Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Bradybaenidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Euhadra, Bradybaenidae, Camaenidae, Albinaria, Partula | ||
Hamza b leischt mandarina
Mandarina is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.
Contents
Mandarina have been traditionally placed within Camaenidae. Phylogenic study by Chiba (1999) have found, that Mandarina is closely related to Euhadra (family Bradybaenidae) and that Mandarina have probably evolved from Euhadra.
Lozano mandarina 2014
Distribution
The genus Mandarina is endemic to Ogasawara Islands.
Description
The shell is solid. The width of the shell is 15–80 mm.
Species
Species within the genus Mandarina include:
Ecology
Mandarina live in various habitats including arboreal, semi-arboreal, ground habitats, wet habitats and dry habitats.
References
Mandarina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA