Daedalochila Explained

Daedalochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

These are small snails, only about 10 mm to 15 mm in diameter (or approximately one-half inch), notable for their elaborately convoluted apertures, with only very narrow openings. Their range is limited to the southern United States and northern Mexico.

Species

This genus contains the following species and subspecies:

• Daedalochila adamnis (fossil)
• Daedalochila auriculata
• Daedalochila auriformis
• Daedalochila avara
• Daedalochila chisosensis
• Daedalochila delecta
• Daedalochila hausmani
• Daedalochila hippocrepis
• Daedalochila oppilata
• Daedalochila postelliana
  • Daedalochila postelliana carolina
  • Daedalochila postelliana espiloca
  • Daedalochila postelliana peninsulae
  • Daedalochila postelliana subclausa
• Daedalochila scintilla
  • Daedalochila troostiana*
• Daedalochila uvulifera
  • Daedalochila uvulifera bicornuta
  • Daedalochila uvulifera margueritae
  • Daedalochila uvulifera striata^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 591-607.
2. Burch, John B. (1962). How to know the Eastern Land Snails. Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.
3. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=566974 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) taxonomic database