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Libera (gastropod)

Libera
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.389298 - Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - Endodontidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Libera tumuloides shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Libera
Garrett, 1881
Synonyms
  • Garrettia Cossman, 1910 not Paetel, 1873
  • Garrettina Thiele, 1931

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Libera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae.

Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.

Species in the genus Libera include:

The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:

These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.


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