Helicina orbiculata
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| Species: | H. orbiculata
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| Helicina orbiculata (Say, 1818)
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Helicina orbicula tropica Pfeiffer, 1852 | |
Helicina orbiculata, also known as Helicina (Oligyra) orbiculata and as Oligyra orbiculata, is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. They are one of few land snails to have eyes at the base of their tentacles. This may suggest Helicina Orbiculata individuals are separate male and female, as opposed to the usual hermaphroditic snail.
Distribution
This species lives in northeastern Mexico, Texas, and Florida.[1]
References
- ^ a b Strenth N. E. & Littleton T. G. (1 February 2000). "A revision of the land snail Helicina orbiculata (gastropoda: prosobranchia) from the southern United States.". The Texas Journal of Science. [1] accessed 3 May 2010
Further reading
- Ideker J. (1979). The Associated Gastropod Fauna of the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge with Notes on a Colony of the Snail, Helicina orbiculata". The Southwestern Naturalist 24(4): 687-689. JSTOR
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