Liareidae

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Liareidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genera

See text.

Liareidae is a taxonomic family of small terrestrial pulmonate snails, gastropod molluscs in the order Mesogastropoda.

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[edit] Description

The shells are small, and contain an operculum.

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

Species in this family are abundant in forests.

[edit] Genera within the family Liareidae

  • Liarea Pfeiffer, 1853
  • Cytora Kobelt and Moellendorff, 1897

[edit] References