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Polydontes

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Polydontes
shell of Polydontes imperator (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Sagdoidea
Family: Sagdidae
Genus: Polydontes
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Polydontes imperator
Montfort, 1810
Synonyms
  • Agalma Albers, 1860
  • Galactochilus F. Sandberger, 1875
  • Helix (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875 (basionym)
  • Polydontes (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875· accepted, alternate representation

Polydontes is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae.[1]

Species

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Species in the genus Polydontes include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932486 on 2021-02-16
  2. ^ Camaenidae - Polydontes http://malacos.chez.com/htm/J94G22.HTM accessed 4 May 2009.
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