Sauroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1][2] The genus was first described in 2008 by Weihong Zhang and Michael Shea.[1][2] The type species is Sauroconcha caperteeana.[1]

Sauroconcha
Sauroconcha sheai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Sauroconcha
Zhang & Shea, 2008

Species

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Species accepted by WoRMS & within the genus Sauroconcha include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Genus Sauroconcha Zhang & Shea, 2008". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Weihong Zhang; Michael E. Shea (2008). "A new genus and species of land snail of the family Camaenidae from New South Wales". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 123–132. ISSN 1323-5818. Wikidata Q91090299.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sauroconcha W.-H. Zhang & Shea, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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