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Vespericola
''Vespericola'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. 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''.Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 892-912. Anatomy According to Pilsbry Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vespericola Scotti
''Vespericola'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. 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''.Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 892-912. Anatomy According to Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Pilsbry (1940), ''Vespericola'' "differs from all other Polygyridae by the possession of a well-developed though rather short verge, and by the peculiar shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |