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Genus of gastropods
Caracolus
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Caracolus caracolla
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Heterobranchia
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Suborder:
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Helicina
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Superfamily:
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Sagdoidea
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Family:
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Solaropsidae
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Genus:
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Caracolus
Montfort, 1810
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Type species
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Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810
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Synonyms
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- Caracolla Montfort, 1810
- Carocolla Gray, 1825 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation)
- Corocolla auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Discodoma Swainson, 1840
- Helix (Caracolla) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)
- Helix (Caracolus) Montfort, 1810
- Helix (Carocolla) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Serpentulus Adams, 1855
- Vortex Oken, 1815 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417)
- Wurtzorbis Webb, 1970
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Caracolus is a
genus of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusks in the family
Solaropsidae.
[3]
Species within the genus Caracolus include:
- Species brought into synonymy
- Caracolus oculatus Montfort, 1810: synonym of Caracolus carocolla (Linnaeus, 1758)
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^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 138.
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e Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1826.
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^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27
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"Tree snail". El Yunque National Forest. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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