Paropeas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Achatinidae
Subfamily:
Subulininae
Genus:
Paropeas

Pilsbry, 1903

Paropeas is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[1]

The subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Paropeas include:

References

  1. ↑ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum and a new concept of Paropeas (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 60(2): 175-191. doi:10.1093/mollus/60.2.175.
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