Biology:Strobilops labyrinthicus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Strobilops labyrinthicus
Strobilops labyrinthicus shell.jpg
The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus
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S. labyrinthicus
Binomial name
Strobilops labyrinthicus
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms

Strobilops labyrinthica

Strobilops labyrinthicus, common name the maze pinecone, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.

Its shell color is reddish brown and it has a height of 1.7-1.8 mm with a diameter of 2.3 mm. Its aperture is semicircular in shape, peristome reflected, brown.[1] Older descriptions refer to it as Strobilops Labyrinthica.[2]

The head of Strobilops labyrinthicus
The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus broken away to show the internal lamellae

Distribution

This species of land snail occurs in the Eastern United States, from Texas northward to British America, Manitoba (Carberry), Ontario (Moose Factory) in Canada .[3]

References

  1. Taft, Celeste. The Shell-Bearing Land Snails of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey. Vol 1 No. 3. Published by the Ohio State University 1961. p. 54
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Strobilops labyrinthica (Say, 1817). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1366516 on 2021-11-26
  3. Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.
  4. Branson B. A. (1961). "The Recent Gastropoda of Oklahoma, III. Terrestrial Species: Pupillidae, Carychiidae, Strobilopsidae and Oligyridae". Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science for 1960: 41: 45-69. PDF.

Wikidata ☰ Q3076633 entry