Malacology
Malacology is the study of mollusks. This includes animals like octopus, snails, slugs, and clams. It is the second largest phylum of animals, making them one of the most successful groups on the planet. There are over 80,000 described species of mollusks with many more left to be discovered. Mullusca is composed of 8 recognized classes including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphapoda, Monoplacophorans, the Aplacophorans, Caudofoveata and Solenogastres, and Bivalvia.
Broad-Banded Forestsnail
(Say, 1821)
Allogona profunda
Class:
Order:
Family:
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Polygyridae
ANSP 361885
Ecological Information
Native/Inavsive:
Native
Nature Serve Conservation Status:
G5: Secure
Median Size:
16
Height:
Width:
28
Taper:
0.2
Taxonomic Information
Helix profunda
Original Combination:
Etymology
Original Description:
Shell pale horn-colour ; spire convex, very little elevated; whorls five, regularly rounded, and wrinkled transversely ; body whorl with a single revolving rufous line, which is almost concealed upon the spire by the suture, but which passes for a short distance above the aperture; aperture dilated; labrum reflected, white, and excepting near the superior angle flat, a slightly projecting callus near the base on the inner edge ; umbilicus large, profound, exhibiting all the volutions to the apex. Transverse diameter 19-20 of an inch. Var. A. Mutilineated with rufous. Var. b. Rufous line obsolete. Inhabits Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri banks. A pretty shell, neatly ornamented by the rufous zone; the spire is very much depressed. Specimens occurred near Cincinnati on the Ohio, and at Engineer Cantonment near Council Bluff, on the Missouri.
Original Description Citation:
Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179.
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