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Tomigerus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Orthalicoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Odontostomidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Anostoma, Odontostomidae, Anostoma depressum, Ringicella, Littoridina gaudichaudii

Tomigerus is a genus of air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.

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Species

This genus contains the following species:

  • Tomigerus clausus Spix, 1827
  • Tomigerus corrugatus Ihering, 1905
  • Tomigerus esamianus Salgado & Coelho, 1990
  • Tomigerus laevis Ihering, 1905
  • Tomigerus matthewsi Salgado & Leme, 1991
  • Tomigerus pilsbryi Baker, 1914
  • Tomigerus rochai Ihering, 1905

    • Synonyms:

  • Tomigerus gibberulus is a synonym of Digerus gibberulus (Burrow, 1815) - extinct
  • Tomigerus turbinatus is a synonym of Biotocus turbinatus (Pfeiffer, 1845) - extinct

    • How the shell is carried

    It is evident from several features of the shell and its internal organization that the shell in this genus is carried with its principal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the foot; that is, the spire is directed to the right. The flattened surface of the outer whorl thus rests upon the dorsal surface of the foot or upon the substratum when the animal is in a state of aestivation, a position which they had assumed in both instances.

    References

    Tomigerus Wikipedia
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