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Polygyra septemvolva

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Polygyra septemvolva
A juvenile live individual of Polygyra septemvolva.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Polygyra
Species:
P. septemvolva
Binomial name
Polygyra septemvolva
Say, 1818

Polygyra septemvolva, common name the Florida Flatcoil, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.[1]

Description

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The shells of Polygyra septemvolva are known to show a high degree of variance in size within populations (6.6 - 14.8 mm). They have been proposed as a suitable model organism due to the ease of culturing and abundant reproduction in a suitable habitat.[2]

Subspecies

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Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis

References

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  1. ^ Emberton, Kenneth C. (1988). "Shell Variation in a Population of Polygyra septemvolva (Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 140 (1): 285–294. ISSN 0097-3157.
  2. ^ Webb, Glenn R. (1950). "The Sexology of Polygyra septemvolva Say, Life-History Notes, Possible Utility, and Data on Stenotrema (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Polygyridae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 69 (4): 387–393. doi:10.2307/3223134. ISSN 0003-0023.