Endodonta
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| Endodonta | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Endodonta lamellosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Endodonta Albers, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Helix lamellosa Férussac, 1824 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix (Endodonta) Albers, 1850 | |
Endodonta is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae, an endemic family of land snails from the Hawaiian islands.[1]