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Acanthennea erinacea

Acanthennea erinacea is endemic to Silhouette Island and Mahé Island, the Seychelles.

Africanogyrus rodriguezensis

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

Boettgerilla compressa

Another known locality is the ruins of Bagrat Castle near Kutaisi in Georgia.

Carinotrachia admirale

The type locality of Carinotrachia admirale is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.

Chilina iguazuensis

Chilina iguazuensis is endemic to Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina.

Comet Pojmański

Comet Pojmański is a non-periodic comet discovered by Grzegorz Pojmański on January 2, 2006 and formally designated C/2006 A1.

Cremnoconchus

The genus Cremnoconchus is endemic to the Northwestern Ghats of India.

Drymaeus serperastrus

The distribution of Drymaeus serperastrus includes the following states of Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas.

Filopaludina

from Vietnam serves as a second intermediate host for the parasitic fluke Echinostoma revolutum.

Glacidorbis hedleyi

The type locality is Blue Lake, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia.

Glyptophysa petiti

This species as presently delimited is endemic to New Caledonia.

Helicarion rubicundus

This species is endemic to Australia, and is known only from the Forestier Peninsula and a small portion of the Tasman Peninsula on the island of Tasmania.

Hemicycla inutilis

It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Heterocyclus perroquini

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Hyperaulax ridleyi

This species is native to, and its occurrence is restricted to, Fernando de Noronha, an island off the coast of Brazil.

Hypselostoma megaphonum

The distribution of Hypselostoma megaphonum includes an area near Bukit Charas, Pahang, in Peninsular Malaysia.

Indrella ampulla

This species occurs in the Western Ghats of India, specifically on the wetter western slopes of the Wynaad, Nilgiri, and Anaimalai Hills, at moderate elevations (3000 ft).

Kimberleydiscus fasciatus

The type locality of Kimberleydiscus fasciatus is the Bigge Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.

Kimberleymelon tealei

The type locality of Kimberleymelon tealei is Middle Osborn Island, Bonaparte Archipelago in north-western Kimberley, Western Australia.

Margarya bicostata

The distribution of Margarya bicostata includes Fuxian Lake in Yunnan Province, China.

Parmacella tenerifensis

This species is endemic to the area east of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Phantom cave snail

This species is endemic to the lower Pecos River basin, Texas, the United States.

Powelliphanta gilliesi

This species is endemic to the West Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.

Powelliphanta hochstetteri

This species is endemic to the Marlborough and Nelson provinces of the South Island of New Zealand.

Tandonia nigra

This slug species is endemic to north Italy and south Switzerland: Monte Generoso and Baraghetto peaks, east and west slopes, between Lake Como and Lugano lake.


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