Haplotrema concavum

Haplotrema concavum, the gray-footed lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.

Haplotrema concavum
Haplotrema concavum from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Rhytidoidea
Family:
Haplotrematidae
Genus:
Haplotrema
Species:
H. concavum
Binomial name
Haplotrema concavum
(Say, 1821)

Distribution

The snail is native to the humid hardwood forests of eastern North America, from Southern Canada and the Great Lakes region, south through the Midwestern U.S. including eastern Nebraska and Oklahoma, and through the Southeastern United States, including the Gulf States. It is found along the Apalachicola River in western Florida and Georgia.[2]

Haplotrema concavum is found living in leaf litter near the base of trees, or under rotting logs.[2]

Feeding habits

Haplotrema concavum is carnivorous species. It is known to be a predator for example on Patera clarki nantahala.[3]

Parasites

Parasites of Haplotrema concavum include:

References
  1. Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 21.
  2. UF—IFAS . accessed 4.14.2013
  3. North Carolina Ecological Services & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2008. Noonday Globe in North Carolina. <http://www.fws.gov/nc-es/snail/noonglobe.html>, accessed 1 November 2008.
  4. Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.


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