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Polydontes acutangula

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Polydontes acutangula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Sagdidae
Genus: Polydontes
Species:
P. acutangula
Binomial name
Polydontes acutangula
(Burrow, 1815)

Polydontes acutangula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Sagdidae.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Puerto Rico.

Life cycle

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The size of the animal is about 45 mm. The size of the egg is 9.6 × 7.6 mm.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
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