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.
Spiral Mountain Glyph
(Cockerell, 1890)
Glyphyalinia carolinensis
Class:
Order:
Family:
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Gastrodontidae
ANSP 395973
Ecological Information
Native/Inavsive:
Native
Nature Serve Conservation Status:
G4: Apparently Secure
Median Size:
5
Height:
Width:
11
Taper:
0.8
Taxonomic Information
Zonites carolinenses
Original Combination:
Etymology
Original Description:
Although the North American shells have been so carefully studied for many years, new species are still turning up. Mr. W. G. Binney sent me recently a fine new Zonites or Hyalina, found in North Carolina. This species, which I shall call Z. Carolinenses, is allied to Z. sculptilio, but differs in its fewer whorls, its straighter columellar margin, its fewer sculptured lines, and its less lunar aperture. Fig. 231 in Binney's "Man. Am. Land Shells " is Carolinensis, and not sculptilis, as there stated.
Original Description Citation:
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1890). The American Mollusca. Hardwicke's Science Gossip. 26: 114. page(s): 114
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