Euglandina pilsbryi is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae.[1]
Euglandina pilsbryi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Spiraxidae |
Genus: | Euglandina |
Species: | E. pilsbryi
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Binomial name | |
Euglandina pilsbryi Bartsch, 1909
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The specific name pilsbryi is in honor of American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry.
References
edit- ^ Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA" Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)" Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 14 January 2011.