Patera
Patera perigraptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Tribe: Mesodontini
Genus: Patera
Albers, 1850[1]

Patera is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae.

The name is from the Latin patera ("a saucer"), and refers to the highly depressed, saucer-like shape of the shells of these snails. In addition to flattened shells, members of the group have an imperforate umbilicus and a single tooth on the parietal wall of the aperture.[2]

These snails are known only from the eastern United States.[3]

Species

Species include:[4]

  • Patera appressa flat bladetooth
  • Patera binneyana half-lidded oval
  • Patera clarki dwarf proud globe
  • Patera clenchi Calico Rock oval, Clench's middle-toothed land snail
  • Patera indianorum lidded oval
  • Patera kiowaensis drywoods oval
  • Patera laevior smooth bladetooth
  • Patera leatherwoodi Pedernales oval
  • Patera panselenus Virginia bladetooth
  • Patera pennsylvanica proud globelet
  • Patera perigrapta engraved bladetooth
  • Patera roemeri Texas oval
  • Patera sargentiana grand bladetooth

References

  1. (in German) Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin, 1-262 pp.
  2. Pilsbry, H. A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 748.
  3. Pilsbry, H. A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 747-761.
  4. Patera. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).


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