Trilobopsis

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Trilobopsis
Three views of a shell of Trilobopsis loricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Tribe: Allogonini
Genus: Trilobopsis
Pilsbry, 1939

Trilobopsis is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is restricted to Oregon and California, USA.

Description

The shells of species in this genus are somewhat globular and about 5 to 8 mm in diameter (1/4 to 3/16 inch).

Snails in this genus are distinguished from related snails on the basis of their reproductive anatomy.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Trilobopsis include:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 778-789.
  2. ^ [1] Trilobopsis at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 13 Jan. 2008.