Kingdom Animalia Family Polygyridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus | Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Allogona Higher classification Polygyridae | |
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Lower classifications Allogona townsendiana, Allogona profunda, Allogona ptychophora | ||
Allogona profunda say 1821 broad banded forestsnail
Allogona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
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The shell of this genus is not distinguishable from the shell of Triodopsis, but the male reproductive anatomy is unusual, and is characteristic for the genus. (The genus name, from Greek, means "different genitalia".)
Allogona profunda say 1821 broad banded forestsnail
Species and subspecies
Species and subspecies within the genus Allogona include:
The classic treatment of this group by Pilsbry divides the genus into two subgenera: Allogona s.s. for A. profunda and its subspecies, and Dysmedoma for the other members of the taxon.
References
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