Stenotrema | |
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A live individual of Stenotrema hirsutum | |
Three views of a shell of Stenotrema florida, with a close-up view of the periostracal "hairs" that are typical of the genus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Stenotrema Rafinesque, 1819[1] |
Stenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. These are typically small to medium-sized snails, with a velvety or hairy shell surface, and a narrow aperture which is usually closely guarded by well-developed "teeth".