Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae.[1]
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Montane tail-wagger snail, Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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Subfamily: | Sheldoniinae[1] |
Genus: | Sheldonia |
Distribution
The distribution of this genus includes South Africa.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Sheldonia include:
- Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)[3]
- Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939[4]
- Sheldonia peoppigii[citation needed]