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Triodopsis platysayoides (Flat-spired Three-toothed Snail)

Synonyms: Polygyra platysayoides

Wikipedia Abstract

The flat-spired three-toothed snail (Triodopsis platysayoides)—also known as the Cheat three-toothed snail after the Cheat River in West Virginia—is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.
View Wikipedia Record: Triodopsis platysayoides

Prey / Diet

Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)[1]
Betula lenta (sweet birch)[1]
Liriodendron tulipifera (tuliptree)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1"The Feeding Behavior and Diet of an Endemic West Virginia Land Snail, Triodopsis platysayoides", Daniel C. Dourson, American Malacological Bulletin 26(1-2):153-159. 2008
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0