Libera (gastropod)
| Libera | |
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| Libera tumuloides shells | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: |
Libera Garrett, 1881 |
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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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