Homorus
Homorus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae.
General characteristics
The shell is thin. It is turretted, with a blunt apex. There are 9 whorls; the body whorl equals one-third of the total length. The columella is somewhat straight and is obliquely truncated. The aperture is oblong-oval. The lip is thin and is acute.Species
Species within the genus Homorus include:Homorus angustatus Homorus antorinii Homorus arabicus Homorus cerinus Thiele, 1933Homorus conformis Thiele, 1933Homorus courteti Germain, 1907Homorus cyanostomus Homorus dalbaensis Thiele, 1933Homorus discretus Thiele, 1933Homorus djimmaensis Thiele, 1933Homorus ellerbecki Kobelt, 1905Homorus erlangeri Kobelt, 1905Homorus fragilis Thiele, 1933Homorus garamulatae Kobelt, 1905Homorus ginirensis Kobelt, 1905Homorus kaffaensis Thiele, 1933Homorus laevis Thiele, 1933Homorus martensi Homorus maurus Thiele, 1933Homorus megaspira Homorus meneleki Homorus nebulosus Homorus nigellus Homorus nitens Thiele, 1933Homorus nympha Homorus omeri Connolly, 1928Homorus opeas Pilsbry, 1905Homorus perrierianus Homorus pyramidellus Homorus ragazzii Pollonera, 1887Homorus splendens Homorus suaveolatus Homorus subulatus Homorus variabilis Homorus vernicosus Homorus vicinus;Synonyms:Homorus badius : synonym of Subulona badia Homorus burnessi Connolly, 1923: synonym of Subulona burnessi Homorus obesus Kobelt, 1905: synonym of Homorus erlangeri Kobelt, 1905Homorus perlucida Preston, 1910: synonym of ''Subulina perlucida''