Trilobopsis is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
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| Three views of a shell of Trilobopsis loricata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Tribe: | Allogonini |
| Genus: | Trilobopsis Pilsbry, 1939 |
Distribution edit
The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA.
Description edit
The shells of species in this genus are somewhat globular and about 5 to 8 mm in diameter (1/4 to 3/16 inch).
Snails in this genus are distinguished from related snails on the basis of their reproductive anatomy.[1]
Species edit
Species in the genus Trilobopsis include:[1][2]
- Trilobopsis loricata (Gould, 1846)
- Trilobopsis loricata lowei (Pilsbry, 1925)
- Trilobopsis loricata mariposa Pilsbry, 1940
- Trilobopsis loricata nortensis (Berry, 1933)
- Trilobopsis loricata perforata Pilsbry, 1940
- Trilobopsis loricata sonomaensis (Hemphill, 1911)
- Trilobopsis penitens (Hanna & Rixford, 1923)
- Trilobopsis roperi (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Trilobopsis tehamana (Pilsbry, 1928)
- Trilobopsis trachypepla (Berry, 1933)
References edit