Polygyra tridentata

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

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,308 meters (0 to 10,853 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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 manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects / by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1923. url p. 520, p. 521.
• A naturalist in the Great Lakes region, by Elliot Rowland Downing. .. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press[c1922] url , p. 215, p. 216.
• An illustrated catalogue of the mollusca of Michigan / Lansing: Michigan Geological Survey, 1906- url , p. 433, p. 462, p. 463.
• Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 133.
• Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 31, p. 376, p. 401.
• Annual reports / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [1841-1922] url p. 51.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 308.
• Bulletin of the Brooklyn Conchological Club. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Club, [1907] url p. 3, p. 4.
• Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url p. 114, p. 114, p. 114.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 136 1968 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 165.
• Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.?]: Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1913-1923. url p. 89.
• Check list of the Mollusca of New York / Elizabeth J. Letson. Albany: New York State Education Dept., 1905. url p. 35.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 195, p. 4.
• Fauna of New England: 13. List of the mollusca / by Charles W. Johnson. Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1915. url p. 195, p. 4.
• 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. 161, p. 161, p. 166, p. 166, p. 17, p. 17, p. 18, p. 45, p. 45, p. 46, p. 46, p. 47, p. 47, p. 7.
• Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Etched for the use of students by Maria Emma Gray. .. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1859. url p. 114.
• Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 189, p. 364.
• 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. 354, p. 354, p. 354, p. 74, p. 74, p. 74, p. 76, p. 76.
• New York State Museum bulletin. 1905 Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1916-1944. url p. 35.
• 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. 148, p. 186, p. 34, p. 43, p. 54, p. 78.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url p. 195, p. 4.
• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 58.
• Report of the Michigan Academy of Science. Lansing, Mich.: The Academy, 1904-1916. url p. 98.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 507.
• Shells of land and water; a familiar introduction to the study of the mollusks. Chicago, A.W. Mumford, 1903. url , p. 41.
• Systematic arrangement of the figures. S.1.: s.n., 1850? url p. 114.
• Technical publication / New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Syracuse, N.Y.: The College, 1914- url p. 200, p. 362.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. 36 1922 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url walker , herrington & oughton , p. 132, p. 42.
• The Conchologist. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891-1893. url p. 56.
• The Journal of geology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1893- url p. 445, p. 456.
• The Journal of malacology. 10 1903 London: Dulau & Co., 1894-[1905] url p. 69.
• The Mollusca of the Chicago area, by Frank Collins Baker. .. [Chicago?]1898-1902. url , p. 144, p. 16, p. 17, p. 42.
• The Natural history of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada / edited by J.H. Faull. -- Toronto: Canadian Institute, 1913. url p. 289.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , , , , , , p. 10, p. 10, p. 101, p. 103, p. 106, p. 106, p. 106, p. 106, p. 113, p. 113, p. 12, p. 120, p. 122, p. 122, p. 126, p. 126, p. 127, p. 127, p. 134, p. 135, p. 135, p. 138, p. 140, p. 140, p. 140, p. 142, p. 147, p. 15, p. 15, p. 155, p. 158, p. 17, p. 170, p. 198, p. 20, p. 22, p. 22, p. 25, p. 26, p. 283, p. 39, p. 39, p. 46, p. 46, p. 47, p. 47, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51, p. 51, p. 52, p. 52, p. 52, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 58, p. 58, p. 58, p. 59, p. 59, p. 6, p. 64, p. 64, p. 65, p. 65, p. 67, p. 67, p. 68, p. 68, p. 69, p. 70, p. 70, p. 70, p. 70, p. 72, p. 72, p. 75, p. 75, p. 75, p. 75, p. 80, p. 82, p. 84, p. 84, p. 88, p. 90, p. 91, p. 92, p. 97, p. 97.
• The Ohio journal of science. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Academy of Science url p. 179.
• The Ottawa naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 19, p. 19, p. 20, p. 20.
• The natural history of the Toronto region, Ontario, Canada / edited by J.H. Faull. Toronto: Canadian Institute, 1913. url p. 289.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 84, p. 84, p. 94, p. 94, p. 94.
• Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Springfield, Ill., Illinois State Academy of Science [etc.] url .

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 13, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6294557
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16176258
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2268518

Footnotes

1. Mean = 282.600 meters (927.165 feet), Standard Deviation = 257.480 based on 358 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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