Satsuma

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – air-breathing land snails.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Helicoidea - superfamily; Camaenidae - family; Bradybaeninae - subfamily

• (genus): Tatsuma japonica - type species

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Satsuma

1. (historical) A former province of Japan, now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Mobile County, Alabama, named after satsuma oranges grown there.
   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida.
   3. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, renamed from Stafford (for post office reasons) for a satsuma orchard.
   4. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, named for planned satsuma groves.

      Synonym: Ashford