Daedalochila hippocrepis

Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.

Daedalochila hippocrepis
Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Daedalochila
Species:
D. hippocrepis
Binomial name
Daedalochila hippocrepis
(L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
Synonyms

Polygyra hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about 1 cm (0.4 in).

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Polygyra hippocrepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.