Ventridens

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
InfraOrdo: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Gastrodontoidea

Familia: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Ventridens

Subgenera: V. (Elliottius) – V. (Ventricallus) – V. (Ventridens)

Species (20): V. acerra – V. arcellus – V. brittsii – V. cerinoideus – V. coelaxis – V. decussatus – V. demissus – V. eutropis – V. gularis – V. intertextus – V. lasmodon – V. lawae – V. ligera – V. monodon – V. percallosus – V. pilsbryi – V. suppressus – V. theloides – V. virginicus – V. volusiae
Name

Ventridens Binney & Bland, 1869: 292

Type species:: Helix suppressa Say, 1829, by subsequent designation (Nevill, 1878)

References
Primary references

Binney, W.G. & Bland, T. 1869. Land and Fresh Water Shells of North America. Part I. Pulmonata Geophila. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 194: xii + 316 pp.

Additional references

Pilsbry, H.A. 1946. Land Mollusca of North America (north of Mexico), 2(1). The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs 3: i-vi + 1-520.

Ventridens is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.
Species

Species in the genus Ventridens include:[1][2]

Ventridens acerra – glossy dome
Ventridens arcellus – golden dome
Ventridens brittsi – western dome
Ventridens cerinoideus – wax dome
Ventridens coelaxis – bidentate dome
Ventridens collisella – sculptured dome
Ventridens decussatus – crossed dome
Ventridens demissus – perforate dome
Ventridens eutropis – carinate dome
Ventridens gularis – throaty dome
Ventridens intertextus – pyramid dome
Ventridens lasmodon – hollow dome
Ventridens lawae – rounded dome
Ventridens ligera – globose dome
Ventridens monodon – blade dome
Ventridens percallosus – Tennessee dome
Ventridens pilsbryi – yellow dome
Ventridens suppressus – flat dome
Ventridens theloides – copper dome
Ventridens virginicus – split-tooth dome
Ventridens volusiae – Seminole dome