''Planogyra'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: Worl ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Planogyra'' include:
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Planogyra asteriscus
''Planogyra astericus'', common name the eastern flat-whorl, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
This species is listed as of "Special Concern" in the U.S. state o ...
'' (E. S. Morse, 1857)
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Planogyra clappi
''Planogyra clappi'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Valloniidae.
The species is found in Northern America.
The species is named in honor of American businessmann and malacologist George Hubbard Clapp
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References
Further reading
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Valloniidae
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