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Chilonopsis
Extinct genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chilonopsis is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. All species were found on Saint Helena[2]
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Species
Ten species, including one disputed, have been described. However, most of these species are only known from subfossil remains, and only two species, namely Chilonopsis turtoni and Chilonopsis melanoides, are known to have survived into modern times.[3]
Species within the genus Chilonopsis include:
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