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Gastropoda

The Chronidae Family includes 348 species comprising 33 genus (Kaliella (124 species), Parakaliella (25), Hemitrichiella (22), Trochochlamys (21), Hemiglypta (18), Bekkochlamys (18), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : ⤷Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : ⤷Heterobranchia 
   Infraclass  : ⤷Euthyneura 
    Subterclass : ⤷Tectipleura 
     Superorder  : ⤷Eupulmonata 
      Order       : ⤷Stylommatophora 
       Suborder    : ⤷Helicina 
        Infraorder  : ⤷Limacoidei 
         Superfamily : ⤷Trochomorphoidea 
          Family      : ⤷Chronidae 
    

Common name : semi-slugs

Aspect : Usually discoidal (flat and coiled in one plane) or depressed helicoid (low-spired), the spire is often low to moderately elevated; about 2–3 centimeters in diameter; surface smooth and glossy, or finely striated; pale brown, yellowish, or horn-colored; The umbilicus (the central hollow visible underneath the shell) is typically wide and open, exposing several of the inner whorls

Feeding : herbivorous or detritivorous (decaying plant matter,fungi, occasionally fresh plant material ...)

Environment : mostly found in the Australasian and Pacific regions, including Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands, living in moist forest floors, especially in rainforests and woodlands

Lamarckiella zeus
Lamarckiella zeus (Jonas, 1843)

Total collection for Chronidae : 1 species (1 shell)

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