''Trilobopsis loricata'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 ...

, 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 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 ...

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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Trilobopsis loricata (A. Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352782 on 2024-05-28

Subspecies

*''

Trilobopsis loricata lowei ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. Description The shel ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1925) *''

Trilobopsis loricata mariposa ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. Description The shel ...

'' Pilsbry, 1940 *''

Trilobopsis loricata nortensis ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. Description The shel ...

'' (Berry, 1933) *''

Trilobopsis loricata perforata ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. Description The shel ...

'' Pilsbry, 1940 *''

Trilobopsis loricata sonomaensis ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. Description The shel ...

'' (Hemphill, 1911) * ''Trilobopsis loricata perforata'' Pilsbry, 1940: synonym of ''

Trilobopsis trachypepla ''Trilobopsis'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. Distribution The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA. D ...

'' (S. S. Berry, 1933)

Distribution

This species occurs in the United States of America, mainly in

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References

* Gould, A.A. (1846). New species of Helix, from the Shells of the Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2: 165-167. Boston.

External links

Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. Malacologia. 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor
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