Libera (gastropod)


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:Libera bursatella
  • * Libera bursatella bursatella
  • * Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976Libera cavernula Libera cookeana Solem, 1976Libera dubiosa Libera fratercula
  • * Libera fratercula fratercula
  • * Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976Libera gregaria Garret, 1884Libera heynemanni Libera incognata Solem, 1976Libera kondoi Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976Libera recedens Garret, 1884Libera retunsa Libera spuria Libera streptaxon Libera subcavernula - extinct, the type speciesLibera tumuloides - extinctLibera umbilicata Solem, 1976
;Synonyms:Libera coarctata Garrett, 1884: synonym of Libera dubiosa Ancey, 1889 Libera jackquinoti : synonym of ''Libera cavernula''

Shell description

The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:

Life cycle

These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.