Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Southern Flatcoil
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 285 meters (935 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- 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
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Eupulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Polygyridae
()
- Pilsbry, 1895
- Subfamily:
Polygyrinae
()
- Genus:
Polygyra
()
- Say, 1818
- Specific name:
cereolus
- (Mühlfeld, 1818)
- Scientific name: - Polygyra cereolus (Mühlfeld, 1818)
- Specific name:
cereolus
- (Mühlfeld, 1818)
- Genus:
Polygyra
(
- Subfamily:
Polygyrinae
(
- Family:
Polygyridae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Eupulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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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
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- A monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the United States: with illustrations of all species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: The Author, [1866] url p. 108.
- A naturalist in the Bahamas, John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861-June 25, 1891; a memorial volume / edited with a biographical introd. New YorkColumbia University Press1910 url p. 100.
- A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] url p. 100.
- A naturalist in the Bahamas: New York, Columbia University Press[c1910] url .
- American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 158.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 380, p. 381.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 283, fig. 181, page 283, fig. 183, page 285, p. 285.
- 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. 29, p. 29, p. 29, p. 72, p. 72, p. 72, p. 73, p. 73, p. 83.
- Mollusca. .. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1908-1921. url , p. 160.
- New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea, by William J. Clench and Ruth D. Turner. [Philadelphia]Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1962. url p. 133.
- Plant responses of an Aeschynomene americana--Hemarthria altissima association to grazing management / by Lynn Elwood Sollenberger. 1985. url p. 124.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 289, p. 313.
- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 58.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17 1894 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 440.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 8 1869 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 107.
- Station bulletin. Durham, N.H.: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of New Hampshire, 1948- url p. 17.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 109, p. 110, p. 112, p. 123, p. 124.
- The Bahama Islands / edited by George Burbank Shattuck. New York: Macmillan, 1905. url , p. 39, p. 39, p. 622.
- The Bahama Islands, London, The Macmillan company, 1905. url p. 39, p. 39, p. 621, p. 622.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , , p. 103, p. 103, p. 104, p. 105, p. 116, p. 129, p. 137, p. 138, p. 14, p. 157, p. 16, p. 16, p. 17, p. 17, p. 19, p. 19, p. 20, p. 20, p. 33, p. 33, p. 34, p. 34, p. 37, p. 38, p. 39, p. 40, p. 44, p. 48, p. 5, p. 5, p. 51, p. 54, p. 54, p. 55, p. 55, p. 56, p. 56, p. 56, p. 6, p. 66, p. 72, p. 72, p. 72, p. 82, p. 83, p. 94.
- 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. 177, p. 178, p. 184, p. 186, p. 190, p. 36, p. vi.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 101, p. 112, p. 162, p. 237, p. 9.
- Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. 3 1890 Philadelphia: Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 1887-1927. url p. 19.
Notes
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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 and 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 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 and 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
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688360
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77431
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77431
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510692
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 1,082.470 based on 105 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
