Rhytidothyra

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Rhytidothyra
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Shell of Rhytidothyra bilabiata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Pomatiidae
Genus: Rhytidothyra
Henderson & Bartsch, 1920 [1]
Type species
Cyclostoma bilabiatumd'Orbigny, 1842

Rhytidothyra is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Rhytidothyra include:

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References

  1. Henderson J. B. Jr. & Bartsch P. (1920). "A classification of the American operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 49-82. page 56, 65.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.