Helicodiscus parallelus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Helicodiscus parallelus |
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| A drawing of a live specimen of Helicodiscus parallelus | |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Punctoidea
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Helicodiscidae
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Helicodiscus
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Helicodiscus
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H. parallelus
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| Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821)
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Helicodiscus lineatus |
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Helicodiscus parallelus, common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
Helicodiscus parallelus is the type species of the genus Helicodiscus.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following countries and islands:
- Northern Mexico.
- Great Lakes region.
- Great Britain as a "hot-house alien"
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