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Daedalochila

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Polygyridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Scientific name
  
Daedalochila

Higher classification
  
Polygyridae

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Lower classifications
  
Daedalochila auriculata, Daedalochila hippocrepis, Daedalochila uvulifera

Daedalochila uvulifera shuttleworth 1852 peninsula liptooth snail


Daedalochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Contents

These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable for their elaborately convoluted apertures, with only very narrow openings. Their range is limited to the southern United States and northern Mexico.

Daedalochila avara say 1818 florida liptooth snail


Species

This genus contains the following species and subspecies:

  • Daedalochila adamnis (fossil)
  • Daedalochila auriculata
  • Daedalochila auriformis
  • Daedalochila avara
  • Daedalochila chisosensis
  • Daedalochila delecta
  • Daedalochila hausmani
  • Daedalochila hippocrepis
  • Daedalochila oppilata
  • Daedalochila postelliana
  • Daedalochila postelliana carolina
  • Daedalochila postelliana espiloca
  • Daedalochila postelliana peninsulae
  • Daedalochila postelliana subclausa
  • Daedalochila scintilla
  • Daedalochila uvulifera
  • Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta
  • Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae
  • Daedalochila uvulifera striata
  • References

    Daedalochila Wikipedia