| Homorus | |
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| Shell of Homorus nigellus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Homorus Albers, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Achatina cyanostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Achatina (Homorus) Albers, 1850 (original rank) | |
Homorus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae.
(Original description in Latin) 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 (sharp).
Species within the genus Homorus include:
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