Daedalochila hippocrepis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
| Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
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| Three views of a shell of Daedalochila hippocrepis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Daedalochila |
| Species: | D. hippocrepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Daedalochila hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
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| Synonyms | |
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Polygyra hippocrepis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) | |
This species is endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. The diameter of the adult shell is about 1 cm (0.4 in).
References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Polygyra hippocrepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.