Polygyra septemvolva
| Polygyra septemvolva | |
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| A juvenile live individual of Polygyra septemvolva. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Polygyra |
| Species: | P. septemvolva
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygyra septemvolva Say, 1818
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Polygyra septemvolva, common name the Florida Flatcoil, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shells of Polygyra septemvolva are known to show a high degree of variance in size within populations (6.6 - 14.8 mm). They have been proposed as a suitable model organism due to the ease of culturing and abundant reproduction in a suitable habitat.[2]
Subspecies
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References
[edit]- ^ Emberton, Kenneth C. (1988). "Shell Variation in a Population of Polygyra septemvolva (Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 140 (1): 285–294. ISSN 0097-3157.
- ^ Webb, Glenn R. (1950). "The Sexology of Polygyra septemvolva Say, Life-History Notes, Possible Utility, and Data on Stenotrema (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Polygyridae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 69 (4): 387–393. doi:10.2307/3223134. ISSN 0003-0023.