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.

Daedalochila uvulifera
Three views of a shell of Daedalochila uvulifera
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. uvulifera
Binomial name
Daedalochila uvulifera
(Shuttleworth, 1852)

Subspecies
  • Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta
  • Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae
  • Daedalochila uvulifera striata[1][2]

References
  1. Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 591-607.
  2. Burch, John B. (1962). How to know the Eastern Land Snails. Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.


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