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Daedalochila hippocrepis

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Daedalochila hippocrepis
Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Daedalochila
Species:
D. hippocrepis
Binomial name
Daedalochila hippocrepis
(L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
Synonyms

Polygyra hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.

This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about 1 cm (0.4 in).

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Polygyra hippocrepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.