Glyptemoda

Glyptemoda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Subfamily:	Helicininae
Genus:	Glyptemoda Clench & Aguayo, 1950 [1]
Type species
Helicina torrei J. B. Henderson, 1909

Glyptemoda is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae. ^{[2] [3]} It is endemic to Cuba. ^{[3] [4]} The genus is monotypic, the only species being Glyptemoda torrei(Henderson, 1909). ^{[2] [3]} However, two subspecies are recognized: ^{[3] [4]}

• Glyptemoda torrei freirei (Clench & Aguayo, 1950)
• Glyptemoda torrei torrei (J. B. Henderson, 1909)

Glyptemoda torrei torrei can reach almost 30 mm (1.2 in) in size, whereas Glyptemoda torrei freirei is smaller. ^[4]

References

1. Clench & Aguayo (1950). Revta Soc.malac.Carlos de la Torre7(2): 61.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Glyptemoda Clench & Aguayo, 1950". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 5 March 2023.
3. "Glyptemoda Clench & Aguayo, 1950". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. Clench, William J. & Jacobson, M. K. (1971). "Monograph of the Cuban genera Emoda and Glyptemoda (Mollusca: Archaeogastropoda: Helicinidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 141: 99–130.