Classification
Domain: Eukarya
It is a eukaryote because it
has cells with nuclei (Waggoner, 1994).
Kingdom: Animalia
It belongs to the kingdom Animalia because it is multicellular, is and ingestive feeding heterotroph, has some type of skeletal support, shows levels of organization including cell, tissue, organ, and system, has specialized cells, and reproduces sexually (Mena, ?)
Phylum: Mollusca
It belongs to the phylum
Mollusca because it has a head and a foot region and
the body is covered by a hard exoskeleton (the
shell)
Class: Gastropoda
It belongs to the class Gastropoda because they possess a single coiled shell and their body has undergone torsion (Bunje, 1999)
Order: Pulmonata
It belongs to the order Pulmonata because they have a pallial lung instead of gills (Wikipedia.org, 2012).
Family: Polygyridae
It belongs to the family
Polygyridae because they have no
love dart, the muscles that retract the pharynx and
eyes are a single band, and the jaws are ribbed
Genus: Daedalochila
Species: auriculata