Polygyra avara

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -10 meters (-32 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Polygyra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. auriculata (Ocala Liptooth) · P. auriformis (Gulf Coast Liptooth) · P. avara (Florida Liptooth) · P. cereolus (Southern Flatcoil) · P. chisosensis (Chisos Liptooth) · P. delecta (Gulf Hammock Liptooth) · P. deltoidea (Oklahoma Liptooth) · P. dorfueilliana (Oakwood Liptooth) · P. fastigiata (Bluegrass Liptooth) · P. gracilis (Edwards Plateau Liptooth) · P. hausmani (Dixie Liptooth) · P. hippocrepis (Horseshoe Liptooth) · P. jacksoni (Ozark Liptooth) · P. leporina (Gulf Coast Liptooth) · P. mooreana (Grassland Liptooth) · P. peninsulae (St. Johns Liptooth) · P. peregrina (Strange Many-Whorled Land Snail) · P. plana (Bahama Flatcoil) · P. plana bahamensis (Bahama Flatcoil) · P. plicata (Cumberland Liptooth) · P. polita (Tamaulipas Liptooth) · P. postelliana (Coastal Liptooth) · P. pustula (Grooved Liptooth) · P. pustuloides (Tiny Liptooth) · P. septemvolva (Florida Flatcoil) · P. simpsoni (Wyandotte Liptooth) · P. subclausa (Suwannee Liptooth) · P. texasiana (Texas Liptooth) · P. troostiana (Nashville Liptooth) · P. uvulifera (Peninsula Liptooth)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system: with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described: together with a supplement containing additional species, corrections, and alterations / contained in the collection of John C. Jay. New York: Craighead, 1852. url p. 122.
• Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. New-York: 1824-1876. url p. 31, p. 442.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 138, p. 141, p. 177, p. 219, p. 69.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 366, p. 367.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 4 1878 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url fig. 165, page 268, p. 268, p. 449, p. 449.
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 73, p. 73.
• Papers on North American Helicidæ, and on the geographical distribution of West India land shells. By Thomas Bland. .. Also notice of land and freshwater shells from the Rocky Mountains. By T. Bland and Dr. J.G. Cooper. .. New York, Baillière Brothers;1862. url p. 59.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 188, p. 188, p. 192.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 1885 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 264.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 8 1869 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url figs. 162-163 , p. 141, p. 177, p. 91.
• The Conchologists' exchange. Philadelphia, Wm. D. Averell. url .
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 23, p. 44, p. 44, p. 52, p. 72, p. 72.
• 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. 184, p. 37, p. vi.
• The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America: described and illustrated by Amos Binney. Ed. by Augustus A. Gould. .. Boston, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1851-78. url p. 186, p. 188, p. 268, p. 449.

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 February 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• 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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688362
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77433
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77433
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510694

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 120.450 based on 15 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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