Santacharis | |
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Shell of Santacharis hullianus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
Genus: | Santacharis Iredale, 1927 |
Type species | |
Santacharis hullianus Iredale, 1927 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Placostylus (Santacharis) Iredale, 1927 |
Santacharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]