Camaena is a genus of air-breathing, Asian land snails in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Camaena
Shell of Camaena ducae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Camaeninae
Genus: Camaena
Albers, 1850
Type species
Helix cicatricosa
O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Eucochlias G. Nevill, 1878
  • Helix (Camaena) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Helix (Camena) E. von Martens, 1860 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Camaena)
  • Helix (Eucochlias) G. Nevill, 1878

Species

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Species within the genus Camaena include:

Taxon inquirendum
  • Camaena gudei Schepman, 1919

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Camaena Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835673 on 2020-07-21
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