Scolodonta

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Scolodonta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.

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Scolodonta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Scolodontina
Family: Scolodontidae
Genus: Scolodonta
Doering, 1875[1]
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Scolodonta is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.[2]

This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxidae.[3]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Scolodonta includes:

Description

The anatomy of Scolodonta is currently unknown.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Scolodonta include:

  • Scolodonta amazonica (Dohrn, 1882)[4]
  • Scolodonta bounoboena (d’Orbigny, 1835)[4]
  • Scolodonta interrupta (Suter, 1900)[4]
  • Scolodonta mutata (Gould, 1846)[4]
  • Scolodonta nitidula (Dohrn, 1882)[4]
  • Scolodonta spirorbis (Deshayes, 1850)[4]

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