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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abida is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
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Eight shells of Abida secale scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Chondrinidae |
Genus: | Abida Turton, 1831[1] |
This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in France and Spain. Only Abida secale and Abida polyodon occur outside this area.
The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.
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