Godwinia

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Godwinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Subfamily: Godwiniinae
Genus: Godwinia
Sykes, 1900

Godwinia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae.

Godwinia is the type genus of the subfamily Godwiniinae.

Distribution[edit]

This genus is endemic to Hawaii.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Godwinia include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sharp, David (1913). Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands. University Press. pp. 277–278.