''Polygyra'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

mollusk 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 e ...

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 ...

. The two-

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listed taxa, '' Polygyra hippocrepis'' and '' Polygyra peregrina'', are now usually named '' Daedalochila hippocrepis'' and '' Millerelix peregrina''.

Species

Species and subspecies in the genus ''Polygyra'': * '' Polygyra cereolus'' ** '' Polygyra cereolus floridana'' * ''

Polygyra septemvolva ''Polygyra septemvolva'', common name the Florida Flatcoil, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae. Description The shells of ''Polygyra septemvolva'' are known to ...

'' ** '' Polygyra septemvolva febigeri'' ** ''

Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis ''Polygyra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. The two-IUCN listed taxa, ''Polygyra hippocrepis'' and ''Polygyra peregrina'', are now usually named ...

''Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 591-607. PolygyraSeptemvolvaVolvoxis

References

Polygyridae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Polygyridae-stub