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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 | |
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Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Genus: | Stenotrema
Rafinesque, 1819
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Stenotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks 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".
The genus occurs throughout most of North America, from Alaska, though Canada and the United States, into Mexico. [2]
Genus Stenotrema contains the following species and subspecies: [2] [3]
See Euchemotrema for other closely related taxa, many of which are sometimes placed in Stenotrema.