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Solaropsis

Solaropsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Solaropsis
Beck, 1837
Synonyms
  • Ophiodermis Agassiz, 1846
  • Ophiospila Ancey, 1887
  • Solarium Lamarck, 1799

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

Distribution of Solaropsis include South America:

Species within the genus Solaropsis include:

Solaropsis lives in rain forests.

Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.


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