Rank Genus | Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Vespericola | |
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Similar Cryptomastix, Polygyridae, Trilobopsis, Haplotrema, Allogona | ||
Vespericola is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
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Habitat
These snails are found along the Pacific Coast of North America, from southern Alaska and British Columbia to California.
Shell description
The shells of these small to medium, globose or depressed globose snails are usually some shade of brown, sometimes without apertural teeth and sometimes with a single tooth on the parietal wall. Small periostracal hairs may be observed on the shell surface of many specimens, but the shells otherwise resemble those of Praticolella or Mesodon.
Anatomy
According to Pilsbry (1940), Vespericola "differs from all other Polygyridae by the possession of a well-developed though rather short verge, and by the peculiar shape of the epiphallus".
Species
Species within the genus Vespericola include: