Polygyra
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Polygyra is a 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...

 of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

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 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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The IUCN listed taxa, Polygyra hippocrepis and Polygyra peregrina, are now usually named Daedalochila hippocrepis
Daedalochila hippocrepis
Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about ....

and Millerelix peregrina.

Polygyra contains the following species and subspecies:
  • Polygyra cereolus
    Polygyra cereolus
    Polygyra cereolus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.-External links:* on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site...

    • Polygyra cereolus floridana
  • Polygyra septemvolva
    Polygyra septemvolva
    Polygyra septemvolva is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....

    • Polygyra septemvolva febigeri
    • Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis

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