Strobilops labyrinthicus
Species of gastropod
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Strobilops labyrinthicus, common name the maze pinecone, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.
| Strobilops labyrinthicus | |
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| The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strobilopsidae |
| Genus: | Strobilops |
| Species: | S. labyrinthicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Strobilops labyrinthica | |
Its shell color is reddish brown and it has a height of 1.7-1.8 mm with a diameter of 2.3 mm. Its aperture is semicircular in shape, peristome reflected, brown.[1] Older descriptions refer to it as Strobilops Labyrinthica.[2]
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in the Eastern United States, from Texas northward to British America, Manitoba (Carberry), Ontario (Moose Factory) in Canada.[3]