Ventridens acerra

Ventridens acerra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Ventridens
Species:
V. acerra
Binomial name
Ventridens acerra
(J. Lewis, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Helix acerra J. Lewis, 1871 (invalid; not W. H. Benson, 1859)
  • Helix annae J. Lewis, 1871 (nomen nudum)

Ventridens acerra, known by the common name glossy dome,[1] is a species of small land snail in the family Gastrodontidae. [2]

Distribution

Ventridens acerra is found in Alabama, the southwest of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia.[3]

Habitat

It is found in hardwood forests on hillsides under leaf litter, under 1200 m in elevation.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mollusks : Carnegie Museum of Natural History". www.carnegiemnh.org.
  2. ^ Ventridens acerra (J. Lewis, 1870). 5 August 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  • Lewis, J. (1871). Notes on the land shells of east Tennessee. American Journal of Conchology, 6(3): 188-191, plate 12.
  • InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project
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