Metodontia

Metodontia
Metodontia huaiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Bradybaenidae
Genus:
Metodontia

Möllendorff, 1886

Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.[1][2]

Species list

Species within the genus Metodontia include:

Habitat

These are terrestrial snails.

References

  1. ^ Wu, Min; Prozorova, Larisa, A., 2006: "The landsnail genus Metodontia Moellendorff (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae) of China." Journal of Conchology 39(2): 159-173
  2. ^ 月季花中的星辰 (2015-07-12). "贝壳上也长牙" ["Teeth" on shells] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 1 January 2016.