''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

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Daedalochila adamnis ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila auriculata ''Daedalochila auriculata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as mollusc ...

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Daedalochila auriformis ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila avara ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila chisosensis ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila delecta ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila hausmani ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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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 ...

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Daedalochila oppilata ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila postelliana ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila postelliana carolina ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila postelliana espiloca ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila postelliana peninsulae ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila postelliana subclausa ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila scintilla ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila troostiana ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila uvulifera ''Daedalochila uvulifera'', common name the peninsula liptooth, 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 inverte ...

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Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable ...

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Daedalochila uvulifera striata ''Daedalochila'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-hal ...

''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