Species of land snail
Anguispira alternata
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A mature flamed tigersnail found in Tennessee
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Family:
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Discidae
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Genus:
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Anguispira
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Species:
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A. alternata
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Binomial name
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Anguispira alternata
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Synonyms[2]
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List
- Anguispira (Anguispira) alternatus (Say, 1817)
- Anguispira (Patula) alternata (Say, 1817)
- Discus (Anguispira) alternata (Say, 1817)
- Helix alternata Say, 1817
- Patula alternata (Say, 1817)
- Pyramidula alternata (Say, 1817)
- Anguispira (Anguispira) alternatus lawae Pilsbry, 1948
- Anguispira alternata crassa B. Walker, 1928
- Anguispira alternata var. crassa B. Walker, 1928
- Anguispira alternata eriensis (G. H. Clapp, 1916)
- Pyramidula alternata var. eriensis G. H. Clapp, 1916
- Anguispira alternata f. angulata Pilsbry, 1948
- Anguispira alternata var. palustris B. Walker, 1928
- Helix alternata var. costata J. Lewis, 1871
- Pyramidula alternata costata (J. Lewis, 1871)
- Pyramidula alternata var. costata (J. Lewis, 1871)
- Anguispira alternata var. alba Tryon, 1866
- Pyramidula alternata var. alba (Tryon, 1866)
- Helix inflecta L. Pfeiffer, 1858
- Helix alternata var. carinata A. Férussac, 1832
- Corocolla dubia Sheppard, 1829
- Helix scabra Lamarck, 1822
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Anguispira alternata, also known as the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of pulmonate land snail in the family Discidae, the disk snails. It is the most common and widespread member of the Anguispira genus, and one of the more common land snail species in North America.[3]
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- ^ "Anguispira alternata". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Douglas, Charles L. “Population Analyses, Variation and Behavior of Anguispira Alternata Alternata.” Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), vol. 66, no. 2, 1963, pp. 186–94. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3626559. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.