Daedalochila hippocrepis
Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
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Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Daedalochila |
Species: | D. hippocrepis |
Binomial name | |
Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
Synonyms | |
Polygyra hippocrepis |
Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.
This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about 1 cm (0.4 in).
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Polygyra hippocrepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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