''Polydontes'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. 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 o ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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 Helicoidea. ...

.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. * ''

Polydontes acutangula ''Polydontes acutangula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Sagdidae. Distribution This species occurs in Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puert ...

'' (Burrow, 1815) - in Puerto Rico * '' Polydontes apollo'' (Pfeiffer, 1860) - in Cuba * '' Polydontes castrensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Polydontes imperator'' (Montfort, 1810) - in Cuba * '' Polydontes luquillensis'' (Shuttleworth, 1854) - in Puerto Rico * '' Polydontes natensoni'' Torre, 1938 * '' Polydontes perplexa'' (Ferussac, 1821) - in the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

* '' Polydontes sobrina'' (Férussac, 1819) * '' Polydontes torrei'' 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.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hispaniolana Pilsbry, 1933. Accessed through: World R ...

'' (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 Marine S ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) * '' Polydontes lychnuchus'' (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. Access ...

'' (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 animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hispaniolana Pilsbry, 1933. Acces ...

'' (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 {{Sagdidae-stub