''Haplotrema concavum'', the gray-footed lancetooth, is a
species of
predatory 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
Haplotrematidae.
Distribution
The snail is native to the humid hardwood forests of eastern North America, from Southern Canada and the
Great Lakes region, south through the Midwestern U.S. including eastern Nebraska and Oklahoma, and through the
Southeastern United States, including the
Gulf States. It is found along the
Apalachicola River
The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 160 mi (180 km) long in the state of Florida. The river's large watershed, known as the ACF River Basin, drains an area of approximately into the Gulf of Mexico. The distance to its fa ...
in western
Florida and Georgia.
''Haplotrema concavum'' is found living in leaf litter near the base of trees, or under rotting logs.
Feeding habits
''Haplotrema concavum'' is a
carnivorous
A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other sof ...
species. It is known to be a predator, for example, of ''
Patera clarki nantahala''.
Parasites
Parasites of ''Haplotrema concavum'' include:
* ''
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis''
References
External links
— ''UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences-IFAS''.
Haplotrematidae
Molluscs of North America
Fauna of the Eastern United States
Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America)
Fauna of the Southeastern United States
Gastropods described in 1821
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