Classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Helicodiscidae
Genus:
Helicodiscus
Subgenus:
Helicodiscus
Species:
Helicodiscus parallelus
Animalia: This organism is multi-cellular and eukaryotic.
Mollusca: This organism is an invertebrate that has evolved a large mantle and mantle cavity, which are used for multiple purposes such as propulsion, secretion of a shell, and operating lung-like cavities.
Gastropoda: This organism has a visceral mass on it's dorsal side, and a muscular foot on the ventral side. (Gastro-stomach, pod-foot).
Helicodiscus: This organism is a terrestrial, pulmonate gastropod.