Metodontia

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Metodontia
Metodontia huaiensis.jpg
Scientific classification
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Family:
Bradybaenidae
Genus:
Metodontia

Möllendorff, 1886

Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.[1][2]

Species list[]

Species within the genus Metodontia include:

  • (Mollendorff, 1899)
  • (Sturany, 1901)
  • (Crosse, 1882)
  • (Mollendorff, 1886)
  • (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)
  • (Mollendorff, 1875)

Habitat[]

These are terrestrial snails.

References[]

  1. ^ Wu, Min; Prozorova, Larisa, A., 2006: "The landsnail genus Metodontia Moellendorff (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae) of China." Journal of Conchology 39(2): 159-173
  2. ^ 月季花中的星辰 (2015-07-12). "贝壳上也长牙" ["Teeth" on shells] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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