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Stenotrema
Sign in to saveStenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. Members of this genus are known as slitmouths. These are typically small to medium-sized snails, with a velvety or hairy shell surface, and a narrow aperture which is usually closely guarded by well-developed "teeth".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyPolygyridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 630
- With media
- 71
- Family
- Polygyridae
- Collections
- FHSM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CM, CAS, DMNS, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Georgia, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polygyridae
- Image
- Stenotrema hirsutum.jpg
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- Stenotrema
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- Stenotrema
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- topic's main category
- Category:Stenotrema
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Stenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. Members of this genus are known as slitmouths. These are typically small to medium-sized snails, with a velvety or hairy shell surface, and a narrow aperture which is usually closely guarded by well-developed "teeth".
==Distribution== The genus occurs throughout most of North America, from Alaska, though Canada and the United States, into Mexico.
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