Laemodonta

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Order:Ellobiida
Laemodonta
Laemodonta siamensis, live animal withdrawn into its shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Laemodonta
Philippi, 1846
Type species
Auricula striata Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Auricula (Plecotrema) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Laemodonta (Laemodonta) Philippi, 1846· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laimodonta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
  • Ophicardelus (Laimodonta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
  • Plecotrema H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • † Plecotrema (Plecotremopsis) de Morgan, 1917 (junior synonym)

Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

(Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate.[2]

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