Polygyriscus virginianus

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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Punctoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Punctoidea

Familia: Helicodiscidae
Genus: Polygyriscus
Species: P. virginianus

Name

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Polygyriscus virginiana (P.R. Burch, 1947: 40), as Polygyra virginiana

Type locality: found in sifted soil from weathered Elbrook limestone (Cambrian) in a cut on a country road in Pulaski County, opposite the city of Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, U.S.A.

References

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  • Burch, P.R. 1947. Polygyra virginiana, a new species from Virginia. The Nautilus 61 (2): 40–41, pl. 2, 3.
  • Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (north of Mexico), 2(2). The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs 3 : i-xlvii + 521-1113 pp.
  • Solem, A. 1975. Polygyriscus virginianus (Burch, 1947), a helicodiscid land snail (Pulmonata: Helicodiscidae). The Nautilus 89 (3): 80–86.