Carychium

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Kingdom Animalia Family Ellobiidae Scientific name Carychium Higher classification Carychiinae		Superfamily Ellobioidea Subfamily Carychiinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Lower classifications Carychium minimum, Carychium tridentatum, Carychium exiguum

Carychium species thorn snail from kentucky probably mating

Carychium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

species within the genus Carychium include:

Carychium biondii Paulucci, 1882

Carychium minimum O. F. Müller, 1774 - herald thorn, the type species

Carychium paganettii Zimmermann, 1925

Carychium hellenicum Bank & E. Gittenberger, 1985

Carychium ibazoricum Bank & E. Gittenberger, 1985

Carychium mariae Paulucci, 1878

Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977

Carychium tridentatum (Risso, 1826) - dentate thorn

Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959 - Appalachian thorn

Carychium costaricanum Von Martens, 1898

Carychium cymatoplax Pilsbry, 1901

Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822) - obese thorn

Carychium exile H.C. Lea, 1842 - ice thorn

Carychium floridanum G.H. Clapp, 1918

Carychium hachijoensis Pilsbry & Hirase, 1902 -

Carychium lederi O. Boettger, 1880

Carychium mexicanum Pilsbry, 1891 - southern thorn

Carychium nannodes G.H. Clapp, 1905 - file thorn

Carychium nipponense Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904

Carychium noduliferum Reinhardt, 1877 -

Carychium occidentale Pilsbry, 1891 - western thorn

Carychium pessimum Pilsbry, 1901 -

Carychium riparium Hubricht, 1978 - floodplain thorn

Carychium stygium Call, 1897 - cave thorn

Carychium thailandicum Burch & Panha, 1998

Carychium tianmushanense Chen, 1992

Carychium minusculum Gredler, 1887

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