Ventridens Explained

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

Species

Species in the genus Ventridens include:^{[1] [2]}

• Ventridens acerra  - glossy dome
• Ventridens arcellus  - golden dome
• Ventridens brittsi  - western dome
• Ventridens cerinoideus  - wax dome
• Ventridens coelaxis  - bidentate dome
• Ventridens collisella  - sculptured dome
• Ventridens decussatus  - crossed dome
• Ventridens demissus  - perforate dome
• Ventridens eutropis  - carinate dome
• Ventridens gularis  - throaty dome
• Ventridens intertextus  - pyramid dome
• Ventridens lasmodon  - hollow dome
• Ventridens lawae  - rounded dome
• Ventridens ligera  - globose dome
• Ventridens monodon  - blade dome
• Ventridens percallosus  - Tennessee dome
• Ventridens pilsbryi  - yellow dome
• Ventridens suppressus  - flat dome
• Ventridens theloides  - copper dome
• Ventridens virginicus  - split-tooth dome
• Ventridens volusiae  - Seminole dome

See also

Studies

• C. M. Sinclair-Winters, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2014. Upstream or downstream? Population structure of the land snail Ventridens ligera (Say, 1821) in the Potomac River drainage basin. 80, 280 - 285

Notes and References

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77264 Ventridens.
2. http://www.sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca/nomenclature/SpeciesList.php?genus=Ventridens Ventridens.