Laemodonta

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Laemodonta
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Laemodonta siamensis , live animal withdrawn into its shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Laemodonta
Philippi, 1846
Type species
Auricula striataPhilippi, 1846
Synonyms [1]
  • Auricula (Plecotrema)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Laemodonta (Laemodonta)Philippi, 1846· accepted, alternate representation
  • LaimodontaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name LaemodontaPhilippi, 1846)
  • Ophicardelus (Laimodonta)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name LaemodontaPhilippi, 1846)
  • PlecotremaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Plecotrema (Plecotremopsis)de Morgan, 1917 (junior synonym)

Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae. [1]

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Description

(Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Laemodonta include:

Species brought into synonymy

References