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.

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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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