Libera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae.
Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.
Species Species in the genus Libera include:Solem A. (29 October 1976) "Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I. Family Endodontidae". Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois,
Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876) Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876) Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976 Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847) Libera cookeana Solem, 1976 Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889) Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867) Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867) Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976 Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976 Libera gregaria Garret, 1884 Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862) Libera incognata Solem, 1976 Libera kondoi Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018 Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976 Libera recedens Garret, 1884 Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864) Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889) Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852) Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinct Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976
Synonyms Libera coarctata Garrett, 1884: synonym of Libera dubiosa Ancey, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Libera coarctata Pfeiffer, 1850) Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
Shell description The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:Hedley C. (1 September 1892) "Observations on the Charopdae. Part I." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7(I): 157-169. Linnean Society of New South Wales. Plate 1-2.
Life cycle These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.Heller J. (2001) Life history strategies. page 419. 413-445. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) The biology of terrestrial molluscs. Cabi Publishing. .
References This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 201
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