Anguispira
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| Anguispira | |
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| Shell of Anguispira alternata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Discidae |
| Genus: | Anguispira Morse, 1864[1] |
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Anguispira, the tigersnails, is a genus of small pulmonate land snails in the family Discidae endemic to North America.[2] Snails in this genus are defined by their striped shells. Anguispira species are either habitat generalists like A. alternata or limestone specialists like A. cumberlandiana.[3]
