Sinoennea Explained

Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae.

Etymology

The name of the genus Latin: Sinoennea originates from Latin: Sino- (Chinese) + Latin: [[Ennea (gastropod)|Ennea]].

Distribution

The distribution of Sinoennea includes South of India, Indochina, China (South of Yangtze River and Taiwan), Malaysian Peninsula in Malaysia and Thailand, Sumatra, Japan and South Korea.

Description

The shell of Sinoennea has 6-7 whorls. The whorls are swelling.

Taxonomy

This genus used to belong to the families Streptaxidae and Diapheridae, but the newest assigned it to the Family Enneinae.

Species

Species in the genus Sinoennea include:

Species brought into synonymy:

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