Daedalochila hippocrepis

Daedalochila hippocrepis
	Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Polygyridae
Genus:	Daedalochila
Species:	D. hippocrepis
Binomial name
	Daedalochila hippocrepis;
Synonyms
	Polygyra 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 1 cm (0.4 in).

References

Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Polygyra hippocrepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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