Patera (gastropod)

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Patera
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Patera perigraptus
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Patera

Albers, 1850 [1]

Patera is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.

The name is from the Latin patera ("a saucer"), and refers to the highly depressed, saucer-like shape of the shells of these snails. In addition to flattened shells, members of the group have an imperforate umbilicus and a single tooth on the parietal wall of the aperture. [2]

These snails are known only from the eastern United States. [3]

Species

Species include: [4]

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References

  1. (in German) Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin, 1-262 pp.
  2. Pilsbry, H. A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 748.
  3. Pilsbry, H. A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 747-761.
  4. Patera. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).