Lobosculum
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 Lobosculum pustula
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Lobosculum is a genus (or a section or subgenus under Polygyra) of small land snails in the family Polygyridae. They are among the smallest snails in the family, with diameters of about 4 to 6 mm (approximately 1/5 inch). These snails usually have a velvety surface, as a consequence of numerous hair-like extensions of the surface covering of the shell, the periostracum. Their known distribution is limited to the United States: along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, as well as Georgia, and the Mississippi valley from Arkansas to Indiana. [1]
This genus includes the following species and subspecies: [1] [2] [3] [4]
- Lobosculum pustula (Férussac, 1822)
- Lobosculum pustuloides (Bland, 1858)
- Lobosculum leporinum (Gould, 1848)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 607-613.
- ^ [1] Lobosculum at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 23 Jan. 2008.
- ^ [2] Lee, Harry G. 2007. A Tale of Two Cities; accessed 23 Jan. 2008.
- ^ Burch, John B. (1962). How to know the Eastern Land Snails. Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.
