Metodontia
Genus of gastropods
| Metodontia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Metodontia huaiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Bradybaenidae |
| Genus: | Metodontia Möllendorff, 1886 |
Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.[1][2]
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.
