''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable for their elaborately convoluted apertures, with only very narrow openings. Their range is limited to the southern United States and northern Mexico.

Species

This genus contains the following species and subspecies: * '' Daedalochila adamnis'' (fossil) * '' Daedalochila auriculata'' * '' Daedalochila auriformis'' * '' Daedalochila avara'' * '' Daedalochila chisosensis'' * '' Daedalochila delecta'' * '' Daedalochila hausmani'' * ''

Daedalochila hippocrepis ''Daedalochila hippocrepis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca ...

'' * '' Daedalochila oppilata'' * '' Daedalochila postelliana'' ** '' Daedalochila postelliana carolina'' ** '' Daedalochila postelliana espiloca'' ** '' Daedalochila postelliana peninsulae'' ** '' Daedalochila postelliana subclausa'' * '' Daedalochila scintilla'' * * '' Daedalochila troostiana''* * '' Daedalochila uvulifera'' ** '' Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta'' ** '' Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae'' ** '' Daedalochila uvulifera striata''Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 591-607.https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=566974 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) taxonomic database

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3075343 Polygyridae