Ancotrema

Genus of gastropods


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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Ancotrema sportella ssp. sportella.jpg | image_caption = Ancotrema sportella ssp. sportella | taxon = Ancotrema | authority = H. B. Baker, 1931

Ancotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Haplotrematidae.

This genus is sometimes considered to be a subgenus of Haplotrema. Haplotrema and Ancotrema cannot be distinguished only on the basis of their shells, but can be distinguished on the basis of their detailed internal anatomy.

The genus Ancotrema contains the following species:

References

References

  1. Baker, Horace B. 1931. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 82: 405-409.
  2. Pilsbry, Henry A. (1946). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 2(1): 225-230.
  3. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=566932] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) taxonomic database
  4. [http://animaldiversity.org] Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online).

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