''Inflectarius'' is a

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s in the family

Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

Species

Species in the genus ''Inflectarius'' include: * '' Inflectarius approximans'' (G. H. Clapp, 1905) – tight-gapped shagreen * '' Inflectarius downieanus'' (Bland, 1861) – dwarf globelet * '' Inflectarius edentatus'' (Sampson, 1889) – smooth-lip shagreen * ''

Inflectarius ferrissi ''Inflectarius'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. Species Species in the genus ''Inflectarius'' include: * ''Inflectarius approximans'' (G. H. Cla ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1897) – Smoky Mountain covert * '' Inflectarius inflectus'' (Say, 1821) – shagreen * '' Inflectarius kalmianus'' (Hubricht, 1965) – brown globelet * '' Inflectarius magazinensis'' (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1907) – Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail * '' Inflectarius rugeli'' (Shuttleworth, 1852) – deep-tooth shagreen * '' Inflectarius smithi'' (G. H. Clapp, 1905) – Alabama shagreen * '' Inflectarius subpalliatus'' (Pilsbry, 1893) – velvet covert * '' Inflectarius verus'' (Hubricht, 1954)

References

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