Haplotrema
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Haplotrema is a genus
of predatory air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
This genus is the major genus
in the terrestrial snail family Haplotrematidae
.
These carnivorous land snails are widely distributed in North America
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of predatory air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
This genus is the major genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the terrestrial snail family Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae is a taxonomic family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.-Distribution:These are North American land snails...
.
These carnivorous land snails are widely distributed in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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Species
The genus Haplotrema contains the following species:- Haplotrema alameda Pilsbry, 1930; Alameda lancetooth
- Haplotrema caelatum (Mazyck, 1886); slotted lancetooth
- Haplotrema catalinense (Hemphill, 1890); Catalina lancetooth
- Haplotrema concavumHaplotrema concavumHaplotrema concavum, gray-footed lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.- Feeding habits :...
(Say, 1821); gray-footed lancetooth - Haplotrema continentis H. B. Baker, 1930; grizzly lancetooth
- Haplotrema costatum A. G. Smith, 1957; costate lancetooth
- Haplotrema duranti (Newcomb, 1864); ribbed lancetooth
- Haplotrema keepi (Hemphill, 1890); glassy lancetooth
- Haplotrema kendeighi Webb, 1951; blue-footed lancetooth
- Haplotrema minimum (Ancey, 1888); California lancetooth
- Haplotrema mokelumnense Roth, 1990; Mokelumne lancetooth
- Haplotrema sportella (Gould, 1846); beaded lancetooth
- Haplotrema transfuga (Hemphill, 1892); striate lancetooth
- Haplotrema vancouverenseHaplotrema vancouverenseHaplotrema vancouverense, common name the robust lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae....
(I. Lea, 1839); robust lancetooth - Haplotrema voyanum (Newcomb, 1864); hooded lancetooth
External links
- Haplotrema concavum on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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