''Polydontes'' is a

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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 ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s in the

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Polydontinae of the family

Sagdidae Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea and as a member of the superfamily Helicoidea. So ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932486 on 2021-02-16

Species

Species in the genus ''Polydontes'' include:Camaenidae - Polydontes http://malacos.chez.com/htm/J94G22.HTM accessed 4 May 2009. * ''

Polydontes acutangula ''Polydontes acutangula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae. Distribution This species occurs in Puerto Rico. Life cycle The size of the animal is about 45 mm. Th ...

'' (Burrow, 1815) - in Puerto Rico * '' Polydontes apollo'' (Pfeiffer, 1860) - in Cuba * '' Polydontes castrensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Polydontes imperator'' (Montfort, 1810) - in Cuba * ''

Polydontes luquillensis ''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Shuttleworth, 1854) - in Puerto Rico * '' Polydontes natensoni'' Torre, 1938 * '' Polydontes perplexa'' (Ferussac, 1821) - in the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

* ''

Polydontes sobrina ''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Férussac, 1819) * '' Polydontes torrei'' Pilsbry, 1938 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Polydontes gigantea'' (Scopoli, 1786): synonym of ''

Hispaniolana gigantea ''Hispaniolana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollus ...

'' (Scopoli, 1786) * ''Polydontes lima'' (Ferussac, 1821) - in Puerto Rico: synonym of ''

Granodomus lima ''Granodomus lima'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Granodomus lima (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) * '' Polydontes lychnuchus'' (Muller, 1774) - in Guadeloupe Martinique: synonym of ''

Pleurodonte lychnuchus ''Pleurodonte'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Acces ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Polydontes undulata'' (Ferussac, 1821) - extinct(?) in Haiti: synonym of ''

Hispaniolana crispatus ''Hispaniolana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hispaniolana Pilsbry, 1933. Accessed through: World R ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) (based on invalid original name)

References

External links

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 (1810)
Sagdidae Gastropod genera {{Sagdidae-stub