Classification
Scientific Name: Haplotrema concavum
Translation: Flat-disc snail
Domain: Eukarya
The defining membrane-bound structure that sets eukaryotic
cells apart from prokaryotic cells is the nucleus, or nuclear
envelope, within which the genetic material is carried.
Kingdom: Animalia
Multicellular eukaryotic organisms that are heterotrophic.
Phylum: Mollusca (molluscus, soft)
A group of invertebrates that have a soft body, a muscular
foot, and usually a hard shell.
Class: Gastropoda (gaster, stomach + podos,
foot)
A class of mollusc which typically have a single, often coiled
shell, a head, unsegmented soft body, and a muscular foot for
locamotion.
Subclass: Pulmonata (pulmo, lung)
A subclass of Gastropoda whose gills have disappeared and the mantle cavity has become
modified into a lung.
Order: Stylommatophora (styl, column + omm,
eyes + phor, carry)
Snails and slugs with eyes are situated at the tips of the
second pair of tentacles.
Family: Haplotrematidae
A family of snails who are carnivorous air breathing land
snail widely distributed in North America.
Genus: Haplotrema
Predatory air-breathing land snails,
that is the primary genus in the Haplotrematidae family.
Species: Haplotrema concavum
A species of carnivorous land snails
that is know for its flat disc shape and grayish appearance.
