Glyptostoma

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Glyptostoma
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Three views of a shell of Glyptostoma gabrielense
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Megomphicidae
Genus: Glyptostoma
Bland & Binney, 1873

Glyptostoma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Megomphicidae.

These are large (to about 40 mm or 1.5 inches in diameter) dark brown snails, much shorter than wide. They are found in hilly areas, or low mountains, along the Pacific coast of North America, from California to Baja California. [1]

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Glyptostoma include: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pilsbry, Henry A. 1939. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(1): 567-573.
  2. Glyptostoma at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 12 Jan. 2008.