Webbhelix
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Webbhelix is a genus
of North American land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae
. The genus contains several taxa which were preeviously included under the name Triodopsis multilineata.
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 North American 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 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...
. The genus contains several taxa which were preeviously included under the name Triodopsis multilineata.
Species
Species within the genus Webbhelix include: species:- Webbhelix chadwicki (Ferris, 1907)
- Webbhelix multilineataWebbhelix multilineataWebbhelix multilineata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....
(Say, 1821)