Helicodiscus hexodon

Helicodiscus hexodon, common name the "toothy coil snail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.

Helicodiscus hexodon

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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H. hexodon
Binomial name
Helicodiscus hexodon
Hubricht, 1966

Distribution

This species is found only in the United States.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Helicodiscus hexodon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 19 July 2007.


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