| Polygyra septemvolva | |
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| A juvenile live individual of Polygyra septemvolva. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | P. septemvolva |
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| Polygyra septemvolva | |
Polygyra septemvolva is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.[1]
Description
The shells of Polygyra septemvolva are known to show a high degree of variance in size within populations (6.6 - 14.8 mm). They have been proposed as a suitable model organism due to the ease of culturing and abundant reproduction in a suitable habitat.[2]
Subspecies
Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis
- Polygyra septemvolva febigeri
- Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis
References
- ↑ Emberton, Kenneth C. (1988). "Shell Variation in a Population of Polygyra septemvolva (Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 140 (1): 285–294. ISSN 0097-3157.
- ↑ Webb, Glenn R. (1950). "The Sexology of Polygyra septemvolva Say, Life-History Notes, Possible Utility, and Data on Stenotrema (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Polygyridae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 69 (4): 387–393. doi:10.2307/3223134. ISSN 0003-0023.
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