Stenotrema florida

Species of gastropod

Stenotrema florida
Stenotrema florida shell with a close-up view of the periostracal "hairs"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Stenotrema
Species:
S. florida
Binomial name
Stenotrema florida
Pilsbry, 1940

Stenotrema florida, common name the Apalachicola slitmouth, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.

The common name refers to Apalachicola, Florida, USA.

References

  • ITIS info
  • Encyclopedia of Life info including distribution map
  • Jacksonville Shell Club image of the species w. common name
Taxon identifiers
Stenotrema florida


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