Characteristics of the genera

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Species overviewGenus AfropomusGenus AsoleneGenus FelipponeaGenus LanistesGenus MarisaGenus PilaGenus PomaceaGenus Saulea

 

Afropomus Asolene Asolene Felipponea Lanistes

Afropomus

Short breathing siphon,
short tentacles,
short labial tentacles,
shell egg-shaped,
eggs above the water?

Asolene asolene

Short or no breathing siphon,
medium tentacles,
medium labial tentacles,
shell neritoid, ovoid to globose,
eggs aquatic.

Asolene pomella

Short or no breathing siphon,
medium tentacles,
medium labial tentacles,
shell large opening, globose neritoid,
eggs above the water.

Felipponea

No breathing siphon,
short tentacles,
medium labial tentacles,
shell neritoid,
eggs aquatic.

Lanistes

Short breathing siphon,
long tentacles,
long labial tentacles,
shell ovoid to globose, hyperstrophic sinistral,
eggs aquatic.

 

Marisa Pila Pomacea Saulea

Marisa

Short breathing siphon,
long tentacles,
long labial tentacles,
shell  discoidal,
eggs aquatic.

 

Pila

Medium breathing siphon,
long tentacles,
long labial tentacles,
shell ovoid to globose,
eggs above the water.

Pomacea

Long breathing siphon,
long tentacles,
long labial tentacles,
shell ovoid to almost discoidal,
eggs above the water.

Saulea

Very short breathing siphon,
long tentacles,
long labial tentacles,
shell egg-shaped,
eggs?

Note that the colours are incorrect!

 

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