Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Peninsula Liptooth
Common Names in unspecified:
Peninsula Liptooth
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 51 meters (168 feet).[1]
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
- 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:
uvulifera
- (Shuttleworth, 1852)
- Scientific name: - Polygyra uvulifera (Shuttleworth, 1852)
- Specific name:
uvulifera
- (Shuttleworth, 1852)
- 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
.
First described: Shuttleworth, R.J. Diagnosen neuer Mollusken.
Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern, 1852.
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
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 4 1878 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url fig. 159, page 264, p. 264, p. 265, figs. 160-161, page 265.
- 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.
- 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. 19, p. 91.
- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 58.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 100, p. 100, p. 102, p. 102, p. 104, p. 104, p. 107, p. 109, p. 218, p. 31, p. 31, p. 32, p. 38, p. 44, p. 51, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 55, p. 55, p. 56, p. 66, p. 67, p. 71, p. 72, p. 72, p. 95, p. 95.
- 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. 174, p. 181, p. 184, p. 187, p. 189, p. 36, 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. 264, p. 265.
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 February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688366
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77437
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77437
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510698
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 483.800 based on 54 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
