Polygyra

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Polygyra
Polygyra cereolus from W. G. Binney, 1878
Polygyra cereolus
from W. G. Binney, 1878 [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Parvorder: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Polygyra
Say 1818

Polygyra is a genus of gastropod in the family Polygyridae. The IUCN listed taxa, Polygyra hippocrepis and Polygyra peregrina, are now usually named Daedalochila hippocrepis and Millerelix peregrina.

It contains the following species and subspecies:

  • Polygyra cereolus
  • Polygyra cereolus floridana
  • Polygyra septemvolva
  • Polygyra septemvolva febigeri
  • Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 38.
  2. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 591-607.
Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis.
Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis.
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