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Daedalochila hippocrepis
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Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
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Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
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Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Daedalochila |
Species: | D. hippocrepis |
Binomial name | |
Daedalochila hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) | |
Synonyms | |
Polygyra hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) |
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This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about 1 cm (0.4 in).