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.
Mobile Shrubsnail
(I. Lea, 1841)
Praticolella mobiliana
Class:
Order:
Family:
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Polygyridae
ANSP 172168
Ecological Information
Native/Inavsive:
Native
Nature Serve Conservation Status:
G3: Vulnerable
Median Size:
6
Height:
Width:
8.5
Taper:
0.5
Taxonomic Information
Helix mobiliana
Original Combination:
Etymology
Original Description:
latin?
Original Description Citation:
Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)].
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