Haplotrema concavum

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Haplotrema concavum
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Haplotrema concavum from W. G. Binney, 1878 [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Genus: Haplotrematidae
Species:
H. concavum
Binomial name
Haplotrema concavum
(Say, 1821)

Haplotrema concavum, the gray-footed lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.

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Distribution

The snail is native to the humid hardwood forests of eastern North America, from Southern Canada and the Great Lakes region, south through the Midwestern U.S. including eastern Nebraska and Oklahoma, and through the Southeastern United States, including the Gulf States. It is found along the Apalachicola River in western Florida and Georgia. [2]

Haplotrema concavum is found living in leaf litter near the base of trees, or under rotting logs. [2]

Feeding habits

Haplotrema concavum is a carnivorous species. It is known to be a predator, for example, of Patera clarki nantahala . [3]

Parasites

Parasites of Haplotrema concavum include:

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References

  1. Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Harvard: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. Plate 21.
  2. 1 2 "UF—IFAS" . Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. "Noonday Globe in North Carolina". North Carolina Ecological Services & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. "Brainworm". Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment . Retrieved 14 December 2010.