''Polydontes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of 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 molluscs in the
subfamily Polydontinae of the family
Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks with highest diversity in the Greater Antilles. It has been classified in its own superfamily Sagdoidea and as a member of the superfamily Helicoide ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932486 on 2021-02-16]
Species
Species in the genus ''Polydontes'' include:
[Camaenidae - Polydontes http://malacos.chez.com/htm/J94G22.HTM accessed 4 May 2009.]
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Polydontes acutangula
''Polydontes acutangula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Puerto Rico.
Life cycle
The size of the animal is about 45 mm. ...
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(Burrow, 1815) - in Puerto Rico
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Polydontes apollo
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World ...
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(Pfeiffer, 1860) - in Cuba
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Polydontes castrensis
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
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Polydontes imperator
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World ...
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(Montfort, 1810) - in Cuba
* ''
Polydontes luquillensis
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Shuttleworth, 1854) - in Puerto Rico
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Polydontes natensoni
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Torre, 1938
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Polydontes perplexa
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Ferussac, 1821) - in the
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc bet ...
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Polydontes sobrina
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Férussac, 1819)
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Polydontes torrei
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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Pilsbry, 1938
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Polydontes gigantea''
(Scopoli, 1786): synonym of ''
Hispaniolana gigantea
''Hispaniolana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
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(Scopoli, 1786)
* ''Polydontes lima''
(Ferussac, 1821) - in Puerto Rico: synonym of ''
Granodomus lima
''Granodomus lima'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Granodomus lima (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
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(Férussac, 1821)
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Polydontes lychnuchus
''Polydontes'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Re ...
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(Muller, 1774) - in Guadeloupe Martinique: synonym of ''
Pleurodonte lychnuchus
''Pleurodonte'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Ac ...
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(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''Polydontes undulata''
(Ferussac, 1821) - extinct(?) in Haiti: synonym of ''
Hispaniolana crispatus
''Hispaniolana'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae
Sagdidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
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(Férussac, 1821) (based on invalid original name)
References
External links
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 (1810)
Sagdidae
Gastropod genera
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