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Genus

Vespericola

Vespericola columbiana. Photo: (c) NatureGuy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Vespericola is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
        • Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
          • Subclass: Heterobranchia (Heterobranchs)
            • Infraclass: Euthyneura
              • Subterclass: Tectipleura
                • Superorder: Eupulmonata
                  • Order: Stylommatophora (Common land snails and slugs)
                    • Suborder: Helicina (Helicinan snails and slugs)
                      • Infraorder: Helicoidei (Helicoid and sagdoid land snails)
                        • Superfamily: Helicoidea (Helicoid land snails)
                          • Family: Polygyridae (Polygyrid snails)
                            • Subfamily: Triodopsinae
                              • Tribe: Vespericolini (Hesperians)
                                • Genus: Vespericola
                                  • Species: Vespericola megasoma (Redwood hesperian)
                                  • Species: Vespericola eritrichius (Velvet hesperian)
                                  • Species: Vespericola columbiana (Northwest hesperian)

Subtaxa

Species: Vespericola megasoma (Redwood hesperian)

Species: Vespericola eritrichius (Velvet hesperian)

Species: Vespericola columbiana (Northwest hesperian)

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