Patera clarki
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Patera clarki, common name the Dwarf Proud Globe, is a species of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae
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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...
, a 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 mollusk in the family Polygyridae
Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...
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Subspecies
Subspecies within the species Patera clarki include:- Patera clarki clarki (I. LeaIsaac LeaIsaac Lea was an American conchologist, geologist, and businessman, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware.-Life:...
, 1858) - Dwarf Proud Globe - Patera clarki nantahalaPatera clarki nantahalaPatera clarki nantahala, common names the noonday globe, noonday snail or noonday helix, is a subspecies of the species Patera clarki, a medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.The name "nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means...
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