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Metodontia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bradybaenidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Metodontia

Similar
  
Aegista, Bradybaena, Bradybaenidae, Gastrocopta, Euhadra

Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.

Contents

Species list

Species within the genus Metodontia include:

  • Metodontia beresowskii (Mollendorff, 1899)
  • Metodontia griphodes (Sturany, 1901)
  • Metodontia huaiensis huaiensis (Crosse, 1882)
  • Metodontia huaiensis (Mollendorff, 1886)
  • Metodontia yantaiensis yantaiensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)
  • Metodontia yantaiensis tetrodon (Mollendorff, 1875)

    • Habitat

    These are terrestrial snails.

    References

    Metodontia Wikipedia
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