Lobosculum

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = LobosculumPustula1.jpg | image_caption = Three views of a shell of Lobosculum pustula | taxon = Lobosculum | authority = Pilsbry, 1930 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text

Lobosculum is a genus (or a subgenus under Polygyra) of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.

Shell description

These are among the smallest snails in the Polygyridae, with shell diameters of about 4 to 6 mm (approximately 1/5 inch). The shells of this species usually have a velvety surface, as a consequence of numerous hair-like extensions of the surface covering of the shell, the periostracum.

Distribution

The known distribution of this species is limited to the United States: along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, as well as Georgia, and the Mississippi valley from Arkansas to Indiana.

Species

This genus includes the following species and subspecies:

References

References

  1. Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 607-613.
  2. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567036] ''Lobosculum'' at ''ITIS'' (''Integrated Taxonomic Information System''); accessed 23 Jan. 2008.
  3. [http://www.jaxshells.org/lee.htm] Lee, Harry G. 2007. ''A Tale of Two Cities''; accessed 23 Jan. 2008.
  4. Burch, John B. (1962). ''How to know the Eastern Land Snails''. Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.

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