Euglandina
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Euglandina is a genus of predatory medium- to large-sized, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.[3]
Euglandina | |
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A live individual of Euglandina rosea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Spiraxidae |
Subfamily: | Euglandininae |
Genus: | Euglandina Crosse & Fischer, 1870[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
At least 44 species | |
Synonyms | |
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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.[4]
These snails are especially notable for being carnivorous and predatory. They are sometimes called "wolf snails" for that reason.