Thelidomus

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Thelidomus
Black-and-white photo showing an apertural view of a shell of Thelidomus aspera from Jamaica. Scale bar = 1 cm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Thelidomus
Swainson, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendrocochlis Pilsbry & A.P. Brown, 1910
  • Helix (Pachystoma) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Pachystoma Guilding, 1828 [Ampullariidae].)
  • Pachystoma Albers, 1850

Thelidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurodontidae.[1]

This genus is endemic to Jamaica.

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