Webbhelix

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Webbhelix
Webbhelix multilineata
Webbhelix multilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Parvorder: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Webbhelix
K. C. Emberton 1988 [1]

This genus of North American land snails contains several taxa earlier included under the name Triodopsis multilineata [2].

The genus Webbhelix contains the following species: [3]

  • Webbhelix chadwicki (Ferris, 1907)
  • Webbhelix multilineata (Say, 1821)


[edit] References

  1. ^ Emberton, K.C. 1988. The genitalic, allozymic, and conchological evolution of the eastern North American Triodopsinae (Gastropoda; Pulmonata; Polygyridae). Malacologia 28 (1-2): 159-273
  2. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 847-851.
  3. ^ [1] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) taxonomic database