Polydontes
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Polydontes is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.
Polydontes is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.
Species
Species in the genus Polydontes include: Polydontes acutangula (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 Polydontes sobrina (Férussac, 1819) Polydontes torrei Pilsbry, 1938 Species brought into synonymy: Polydontes gigantea (Scopoli, 1786) : synonym of Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786) Polydontes lima (Ferussac, 1821) - in Puerto Rico: synonym of Granodomus lima (Férussac, 1821) Polydontes lychnuchus (Muller, 1774) - in Guadeloupe Martinique: synonym of Pleurodonte lychnuchus (O. F. Müller, 1774) Polydontes undulata (Ferussac, 1821) - extinct(?) in Haiti: synonym of Hispaniolana crispatus (Férussac, 1821) (based on invalid original name)
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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)
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