Stenotrema

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Stenotrema
Stenotrema hirsutum.jpg
A live individual of Stenotrema hirsutum
StenotremaFlorida1.jpg
Three views of a shell of Stenotrema florida, with a close-up view of the periostracal "hairs" that are typical of the genus
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:
Stenotrema

Stenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae. These are typically small to medium-sized snails, with a velvety or hairy shell surface, and a narrow aperture which is usually closely guarded by well-developed "teeth".

Distribution[]

The genus occurs throughout most of North America, from Alaska, though Canada and the United States, into Mexico.[2]

Species[]

Genus Stenotrema contains the following species and subspecies:[2][3]

  • (Pilsbry, 1894)
  • Hubricht, 1858
  • (Redfield, 1856)
  • (Pilsbry, 1903)
  • (Clap, 1907)
  • Grimm, 1971
  • Hubricht, 1961
  • (Clapp, 1914)
  • (Clapp, 1905)
  • (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • (Lea, 1841)
  • (Bland, 1856)
  • (Pilsbry, 1900)
    • (Clench & Archer, 1933)
  • Stenotrema florida Pilsbry, 1940
  • Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)
    • (Clapp, 1904)
  • Stenotrema hubrichti Pilsbry, 1940[4] / (Pilsbry, 1940)
  • (Bland 1862)
  • (Pilsbry, 1900)
  • (Gould, 1848)
  • Stenotrema pilsbryi (Ferriss, 1900) - Rich Mountain Slitmouth
  • (Pilsbry, 1900)
  • Grimm, 1971
  • (Lea, 1830)
  • (Pfeiffer, 1842)
  • (Pilsbry, 1900)
  • (Archer, 1935)
  • Archer, 1938

See Euchemotrema for other closely related taxa, many of which are sometimes placed in Stenotrema.

References[]

  1. ^ Rafinesque C. S. (1815). Analyse 136 [n.n.]; Rafinesque C. S. (1819). Journ. de Physique 88: 425.
  2. ^ a b Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 639-688.
  3. ^ [1] Stenotrema at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 11 Jan. 2008.
  4. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Stenotrema hubrichti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20767A9230327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20767A9230327.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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