Haplotrema concavum
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Haplotrema concavum, gray-footed lancetooth, is a species
of predatory air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of predatory air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae is a taxonomic family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.-Distribution:These are North American land snails...
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Feeding habits
Haplotrema concavum is carnivorous species. It is known to be a predator for example on Patera clarki nantahalaPatera clarki nantahala
Patera clarki nantahala, common names the noonday globe, noonday snail or noonday helix, is a subspecies of the species Patera clarki, a medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.The name "nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means...
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External links
- National Park service info
- Haplotrema concavum on the UF / IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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