Kingdom Animalia Order Pulmonata Family Polygyridae Higher classification Polygyridae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Lobosculum Rank Genus | |
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Similar Lobosculum pustula, Polygyridae, Patera, Daedalochila, Polygyra septemvolva | ||
Lobosculum pustula f russac 1832 grooved liptooth snail
Lobosculum is a genus (or a subgenus under Polygyra) of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
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Lobosculum pustula f russac 1832 grooved liptooth snail
Shell description
These are among the smallest snails in the Polygyridae, with shell diameters of about 4 to 6 mm (approximately 1/5 inch). The shells of this species usually have a velvety surface, as a consequence of numerous hair-like extensions of the surface covering of the shell, the periostracum.
Distribution
The known distribution of this species is limited to the United States: along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, as well as Georgia, and the Mississippi valley from Arkansas to Indiana.
Species
This genus includes the following species and subspecies:
References
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