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Cyclostoma lapidariaSay, 1817 | |
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ChilocyclusGill, 1863 (invalid: junior homonym of Chilocyclus Bronn, 1851) Contents |
Pomatiopsis is a genus of amphibious snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Pomatiopsis is the type genus of the family Pomatiopsidae. [1]
The distribution of the genus Pomatiopsis includes the USA: West Coast of the United States, Midwestern United States and Eastern United States. [3]
In 1862, the American malacologist George Washington Tryon first defined this genus. [2] Tryon's diagnosis reads as follows: [2]
Shell elongate, the spire (of about six whorls) much exceeding the length of the aperture.
There are four [3] species within the genus Pomatiopsis:
Species in the genus Pomatiopsis are amphibious, living in humid habitats, on marshy ground and in periodically flooded soil (Pomatiopsis californica and Pomatiopsis lapidaria), in trickling water (Pomatiopsis binneyi) and on mud of streams (Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis). [3]
Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.
Henry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century. For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial mollusks, and others.
Amnicola is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have an operculum. Amnicola species are aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda.
Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.
George Washington Tryon Jr. was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.
Liotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.
Ethalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Umboniinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Blanfordia is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. They are land snails which have an operculum.
Blanfordia bensoni is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Fukuia integra, also known as Blanfordia integra, is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Blanfordia simplex is a species of land snail that has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Idiopyrgus is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Tomichiidae.
Idiopyrgus souleyetianus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Tomichiidae.
Fukuia is a genus of amphibious freshwater snails and land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Erhaia is a genus of small to minute freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.
†Paraprosostenia is a fossil genus of prehistoric freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Pomatiopsis lapidaria is an amphibious species of snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Alcyna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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