| Tomigerus | |
|---|---|
| drawing of a shell of Tomigerus clausus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
| Tribe: | Odontostomini |
| Genus: | Tomigerus Spix, 1827[1] |
Tomigerus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Odontostomini within the subfamily Bulimulinae, in the family Orthalicidae.
This genus contains the following species[2]:
synonyms:
It is evident from several features of the shell and internal organization that the shell in this genus is carried with its principal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the foot; that is, the spire is directed to the right. The flattened surface of the outer whorl thus rests upon the dorsal surface of the foot or upon the substratum when the animal is in a state of aestivation, a position which they had assumed in both instances.[3]
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