Western three-toothed land snail

The western three-toothed land snail, scientific name Triodopsis occidentalis, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Western three-toothed land snail
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:
Triodopsis
Species:
T. occidentalis
Binomial name
Triodopsis occidentalis
(Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1894)

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Triodopsis occidentalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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