Three views of a shell of Stenotrema florida, with a close-up view of the periostracal "hairs" that are typical of the genus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Family:
Polygyridae
Genus:
Stenotrema Rafinesque, 1819[1]
Stenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. These are typically small to medium-sized snails, with a velvety or hairy shell surface, and a narrow aperture which is usually closely guarded by well-developed "teeth".
^Rafinesque C. S. (1815). Analyse136 [n.n.]; Rafinesque C. S. (1819). Journ. de Physique88: 425.
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