Euglandina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Spiraxidae
- Genus
- Euglandina
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Euglandina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euglandina
Euglandina is a genus of predatory medium- to large-sized, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
These snails were previously placed in the family Oleacinidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Euglandina is the type genus of the subfamily Euglandininae. The pulmonate genus Euglandina is often referred to as Glandina in older literature, and the most widely known species, Euglandina rosea, may commonly be found under the synonym Glandina truncata.
These snails are especially notable for being carnivorous and predatory. They are sometimes called "wolf snails" for that reason.
...Euglandina in languages:
- Chinese
- 真橡子螺屬
- English
- wolf snails
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Euglandina aurata
- Euglandina bailyi
- Euglandina balesi
- Euglandina candida
- Euglandina carminensis
- Euglandina cognata
- Euglandina corneola
- Euglandina cumingi
- Euglandina cuneus
- Euglandina cylindracea
- Euglandina daudebarti
- Euglandina decussata
- Euglandina ecuadoriana
- Euglandina excavata
- Euglandina fosteri
- Euglandina ghiesbreghti
- Euglandina gigantea
- Euglandina immemorata
- Euglandina indusiata
- Euglandina insignis
- Euglandina jacksoni
- Euglandina lamyi
- Euglandina liebmanni
- Euglandina livida
- Euglandina longula
- Euglandina lowei
- Euglandina mazatlanica
- Euglandina michoacanensis
- Euglandina pilsbryi
- Euglandina pseudoturris
- Euglandina radula
- Euglandina rosea
- Euglandina singleyana
- Euglandina sowerbyana
- Euglandina striata
- Euglandina tenella
- Euglandina texasiana
- Euglandina titan
- Euglandina turris
- Euglandina vanuxemensis
- Euglandina wani

















































































































































