| Stenotrema | |
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| A live individual of Stenotrema hirsutum | |
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| 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 
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| 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. Members of this genus are known as slitmouths. 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".
- ^ Rafinesque C. S. (1815). Analyse 136 [n.n.]; Rafinesque C. S. (1819). Journ. de Physique 88: 425.