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Helicodiscus parallelus

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Helicodiscus parallelus
A drawing of a live specimen of Helicodiscus parallelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Helicodiscidae
Genus:
Helicodiscus
Subgenus:
Helicodiscus
Species:
H. parallelus
Binomial name
Helicodiscus parallelus
(Say, 1821)[1]
Synonyms

Helicodiscus lineatus

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

Helicodiscus parallelus is the type species of the genus Helicodiscus.

A drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Helicodiscus parallelus

Distribution

This species occurs in the following countries and islands:

References

  1. ^ Say, T. 1821. Descriptions of univalve shells of the United States. - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 (1): 149-179.
  2. ^ Helicodiscus parallelus at AnimalBase, accessed 15 December 2008.
  3. ^ List of non-marine mollusks of the Indiana Dunes, Lake Erie, Indiana.


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