''Daedalochila hippocrepis'' is a
species 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 ...
, a
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 ...
mollusk in the family
Polygyridae.
This species is
endemic to the state of
Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about .
References
* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996.
Polygyra hippocrepis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
Polygyridae
Molluscs of the United States
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