Stenotrema florida
Appearance
Stenotrema florida | |
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Stenotrema florida shell with a close-up view of the periostracal "hairs" | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Stenotrema |
Species: | S. florida
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Binomial name | |
Stenotrema florida Pilsbry, 1940
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Stenotrema florida, common name the Apalachicola slitmouth, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
The common name refers to Apalachicola, Florida, USA.
References
[edit]- ITIS info
- Encyclopedia of Life info including distribution map
- Jacksonville Shell Club image of the species w. common name