Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Comb Snaggletooth
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
)
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
)
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
)
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
)
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
(
)
- Turton, 1831
- Family:
Vertiginidae
(
)
- Fitzinger, 1833
- Genus:
Gastrocopta
(
)
- Wollaston, 1878
- Specific name:
pentodon
- (Say, 1821)
- Scientific name: - Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1821)
- Specific name:
pentodon
- (Say, 1821)
- Genus:
Gastrocopta
(
- Family:
Vertiginidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Say Th. Description
of the Myriapoda of the United
States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
. (1) 3: 1, 1822.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gastrocopta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. abbreviata (Plains Snaggletooth) · G. armifera (Armed Snaggletooth) · G. ashmuni (Sluice Snaggletooth) · G. carnegiei (Erie Snaggletooth) · G. clappi (Bluegrass Snaggletooth) · G. cochisensis (Apache Snaggletooth) · G. contracta (Bottleneck Snaggletooth) · G. corticaria (Bark Snaggletooth) · G. cristata (Crested Snaggletooth) · G. dalliana (Shortneck Snaggletooth) · G. holzingeri (Lambda Snaggletooth) · G. pellucida (Slim Snaggletooth) · G. pentodon (Comb Snaggletooth) · G. pilsbryana (Montane Snaggletooth) · G. procera (Wing Snaggletooth) · G. prototypus (Sonoran Snaggletooth) · G. quadridens (Cross Snaggletooth) · G. riograndensis (Rio Grande Snaggletooth) · G. riparia (Gulf Coast Snaggletooth) · G. ruidosensis (Ruidoso Snaggletooth) · G. rupicola (Tapered Snaggletooth) · G. servilis (Wandering Snag) · G. similis (Great Lakes Snaggletooth) · G. sterkiana (Classification Uncertain) · G. tappaniana (White Snaggletooth)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 383.
- Fieldbook of Illinois land snails / by Frank Collins Baker. Printed by authority of the state of Illinois. Urbana: Illinois. Natural History Survey Division, 1939. url p. 100, p. 100, p. 101, p. 101, p. 147, p. 147, p. 164.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1959 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 11, p. 168, descr. of plate 10, page 172, fig. 75, page 175, p. 176, p. 57, p. 7.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 69, p. 98.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 54 1940 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 43.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 104, p. 114, p. 114, p. 115, p. 118, p. 12, p. 120, p. 125, p. 131, p. 14, p. 14, p. 16, p. 16, p. 17, p. 178, p. 20, p. 21, p. 22, p. 25, p. 26, p. 26, p. 27, p. 304, p. 31, p. 37, p. 39, p. 39, p. 44, p. 48, p. 48, p. 51, p. 52, p. 54, p. 54, p. 54, p. 55, p. 55, p. 56, p. 56, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 65, p. 65, p. 66, p. 66, p. 66, p. 66, p. 68, p. 68, p. 68, p. 68, p. 68, p. 68, p. 69, p. 69, p. 70, p. 71, p. 72, p. 73, p. 74, p. 74, p. 8, p. 82, p. 86, p. 87, p. 88, p. 89, p. 89, p. 9, p. 94, p. 97.
- The Ohio journal of science. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Academy of Science url p. 180.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 34 1952 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1026, p. 1032, p. 1033, p. 336, p. 417, p. 418, p. 428, descr. of plate
- The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States / Leslie Hubricht. 24 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url p. 175, p. 178, p. 9, p. iii.
- ii, page 438.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687797
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76786
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76786
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGAS15110
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 159260
