Triodopsis
Encyclopedia
Triodopsis is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae
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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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Species
- Triodopsis hopetonensisTriodopsis hopetonensisTriodopsis hopetonensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....
(Shuttleworth, 1852) - magnolia three-tooth, magnolia threetooth - Triodopsis occidentalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1894) - western three-toothed land snailWestern three-toothed land snailThe Western three-toothed land snail, scientific name Triodopsis occidentalis, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. It is endemic to the United States....
- Triodopsis platysayoides (Brooks, 1933) - flat-spired three-toothed snailFlat-spired three-toothed snailThe flat-spired three-toothed snail — also known as the Cheat three-toothed snail after the Cheat River in West Virginia — is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Description :The color of the body of the animal in this...
- Triodopsis tridentataTriodopsis tridentataTriodopsis tridentata, common name northern three-tooth or northern threetooth, is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Polygyridae....
(Say, 1816) - northern three-tooth, northern threetooth