| Metodontia | |
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| Metodontia huaiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Bradybaenidae |
| Genus: | Metodontia Möllendorff, 1886 |
Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.
Species list
Species within the genus Metodontia include:
- Metodontia beresowskii (Mollendorff, 1899)
- Metodontia griphodes (Sturany, 1901)
- Metodontia huaiensis huaiensis (Crosse, 1882)
- Metodontia huaiensis (Mollendorff, 1886)
- Metodontia yantaiensis yantaiensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)
- Metodontia yantaiensis tetrodon (Mollendorff, 1875)
Habitat
These are terrestrial snails.
References
- Wu, Min; Prozorova, Larisa, A., 2006: "The landsnail genus Metodontia Moellendorff (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae) of China." Journal of Conchology 39(2): 159-173
- 月季花中的星辰 (2015-07-12). "贝壳上也长牙" ["Teeth" on shells] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Metodontia | |