Strobilops labyrinthicus
| Strobilops labyrinthicus | |
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| The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Strobilopsidae |
| Genus: | Strobilops |
| Species: | S. labyrinthicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Strobilops labyrinthica | |
Strobilops labyrinthicus, common name the maze pinecone, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.
The head of Strobilops labyrinthicus
The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus broken away to show the internal lamellae
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in the Eastern United States, from Texas northward to British America, Manitoba (Carberry), Ontario (Moose Factory) in Canada.[1]
References
- ↑ Dall W. H.. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.
- ↑ Branson B. A. (1961). "The Recent Gastropoda of Oklahoma, III. Terrestrial Species: Pupillidae, Carychiidae, Strobilopsidae and Oligyridae". Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science for 1960: 41: 45-69. PDF.
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