Labyrinthus leucodon

Labyrinthus leucodon is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Labyrinthidae.

Labyrinthus leucodon
Two shells of Labyrinthus leucodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Labyrinthidae
Genus:
Labyrinthus
Species:
L. leucodon
Binomial name
Labyrinthus leucodon
(Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Helix leucodon Pfeifer, 1847
  • Helix leucodon Revee, 1852
  • Labyrinthus quadridentatus Martens, 1860
  • Labyrinthus leucodon Jouseme, 1889
  • Pleurodonte (Labyrinthus) leucodon Pilsbry, 1894
  • Helix (Labyrinthus) leucodon Pilsbry, 1898
  • Pleurodonte (Labyrinthus) leucodon Baker, 1926

Description

The periphery of the shell of this species is acutely angulated. The spire is normally elevated, and the sides of the spire are flat to slightly rounded. The shell aperture is moderately deflected. Within the aperture, the high, simple parietal lamella starts descending before it runs into the parietal lip. The basal lip has a broad, prominent knob. The lower palatal tooth is a prominent, crescentic lamella, with strong lateral buttresses. The upper palatal lip often has a small tuberculate denticle.[1]

The periostracum is brownish in color, occasionally speckled with greenish yellow.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

See also

References
  1. Solem A. (31 May) 1966. The Neotropical land snail genera: Labyrinthus and Isomeria (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, volume 50: page 122-124.
  2. Baker, Horace Burrinton. 1926: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedicion in Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 167:1-65
  3. Catalogo de la colección de Moluscos del Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central (MBUCV-XIV)
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