Daedalochila 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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These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable for their elaborately convoluted apertures, with only very narrow openings. Their range is limited to the southern United States and northern Mexico.

Species

This genus contains the following species and subspecies:

• Daedalochila adamnis (fossil)
• Daedalochila auriculata
  Daedalochila auriculata
  Daedalochila auriculata is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae....
  
  
• Daedalochila auriformis
• Daedalochila avara
• Daedalochila chisosensis
• Daedalochila delecta
• Daedalochila hausmani
• 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 ....
  
  
• Daedalochila oppilata
• Daedalochila postelliana
  • Daedalochila postelliana carolina
  • Daedalochila postelliana espiloca
  • Daedalochila postelliana peninsulae
  • Daedalochila postelliana subclausa
• Daedalochila scintilla
• Daedalochila uvulifera
  Daedalochila uvulifera
  Daedalochila uvulifera, common name the peninsula liptooth, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Subspecies :* Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta...
  
  
  • Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta
  • Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae
  • Daedalochila uvulifera striata