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    Helicodiscus parallelus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of gastropod


    Helicodiscus parallelus
    Helicodiscus parallelus.jpg
    A drawing of a live specimen of Helicodiscus parallelus
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:
    Animalia
    Phylum:
    Mollusca
    Class:
    Gastropoda
    (unranked):
    clade Heterobranchia
    clade Euthyneura
    clade Panpulmonata
    clade Eupulmonata
    clade Stylommatophora
    informal group Sigmurethra
    Superfamily:
    Punctoidea
    Family:
    Helicodiscidae
    Genus:
    Helicodiscus
    Subgenus:
    Helicodiscus
    Species:
    H. parallelus
    Binomial name
    Helicodiscus parallelus
    (Say, 1821)[1]
    Synonyms

    Helicodiscus lineatus

    Helicodiscus parallelus, common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.

    Helicodiscus parallelus is the type species of the genus Helicodiscus.

    A drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Helicodiscus parallelus

    Distribution

    This species occurs in the following countries and islands:

    • Northern Mexico.[2]
    • Great Lakes region.[3]
    • Great Britain as a "hot-house alien"

    References

    1. ↑ Say, T. 1821. Descriptions of univalve shells of the United States. - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 (1): 149-179.
    2. ↑ Helicodiscus parallelus at AnimalBase, accessed 15 December 2008.
    3. ↑ List of non-marine mollusks of the Indiana Dunes, Lake Erie, Indiana.

    See also Wikidata entry Q3073798.




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