Classification
Domain Eukarya:
Includes all organisms with cells having a membrane bound nucleus.
Kingdom Animalia:
Includes multicellular organisms without cell walls that ingest their food.
Phylum Mollusca:
This group contains a wide variety of soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical
organisms.
Class Gastropoda: A
defining characteristic in this taxon is the torsion process during the
veliger larva stage.
Order Stylommatophora:
This group contains pulmonate gastropods with two pairs of tentacles.
Family Polygyridae:
The taxon of air breathing land snails.
Genus Daedalochila:
Daedalochila means intricate lip in Latin, which is in reference
to the aperture of the shell.
Species
D. scintilla: The word
scintilla is Latin for spark, as in a bit or an iota, possibly referring to
the diminutive size of the snail.
Sources: (Encyclopedia of Life, 2012), (Dictionary.com,
LLC, 2012)