Metodontia
Genus of gastropods
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Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.[1][2]
| Metodontia | |
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| Metodontia huaiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Genus: | Metodontia Möllendorff, 1886 |
Species list
Species within the genus Metodontia include:
- Metodontia beresowskii (Mollendorff, 1899)
- Metodontia griphodes (Sturany, 1901)
- Metodontia huaiensis huaiensis (Crosse, 1882)
- Metodontia huaiensis (Mollendorff, 1886)
- Metodontia yantaiensis yantaiensis (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863)
- Metodontia yantaiensis tetrodon (Mollendorff, 1875)
Habitat
These are terrestrial snails.