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(Redirected from Echinichidae) Genus of gastropods

Echinix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Echinichinae
Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
Genus: Echinix
Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
Diversity
3 species

Echinix is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs. Echinix is the only genus in the subfamily Echinichinae, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Xanthonychoidea. This genus and family was described in December 2012.

Distribution

The subfamily Echinichinae is endemic to states Tamaulipas and Querétaro in northeastern Mexico.

Species

Species in the genus Echinix include:

Description

Species in the genus Echinix are semi-slugs, which have their shells completely hidden under the mantle. There are numerous glandular papillae on the dorsal part of the body. Dart sac is a part of its reproductive system.

References

  1. ^ Thompson F. G. & Naranjo-García E. (2012). "Echinichidae, a new family of dart-bearing helicoid slugs from Mexico, with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Xanthonychoidea)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141(2): 197-208. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/197-208. preview.

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Taxon identifiers
Echinix
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