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grand bladetooth

Patera sargentiana

Classification

Patera is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae. The name is from the Latin patera ("a saucer"), and refers to the highly depressed, saucer-like shape of the shells of these snails. In addition to flattened shells, members of the group have an imperforate umbilicus and a single tooth on the parietal wall of the aperture.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 11