Classification
Euchemotrema hubrichti is commonly known as the carinate pillsnail. It was originally known as Stenotrema hubrichti until it was renamed in 1988 (Anderson, 2012). The meaning of the Latin name, Euchemotrema, is “true chemical perforation” (Guill, 1960). It gets the rest of its name from Leslie Hubricht, who collected the shells for study (Anderson, 2012).
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Pulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Euchemotrema
Species: Euchemotrema
hubrichti
(Burch, 1962)
Organisms in the Domain Eukarya have
cells with a true nucleus and an organelle bound cell membrane
(Hickman et al., 2009).
Being in the Kingdom Animalia means that the organism is
multicellular and is heterotrophic, consuming another organism for
food (Hickman et al., 2009).
Animals belonging to the Phylum
Mollusca have a hard external shell and soft, non-segmented bodies.
They use a large muscular “foot” for crawling, digging, and grasping
prey (Burch, 1962).
Gastropoda, meaning
“stomach foot,” includes snails, slugs, and limpets. Most have a
coiled shell and coiled visceral mass
(Burch, 1962).
Being in the subclass
Pulmonata means the organism has replaced the gill with a vascular
lung that can breathe either air or water, depending on its habitat
(Burch, 1962).
This order is made up of land snails
and slugs with two pairs of tentacles with eyes at the tips of the
upper pair (Burch, 1962).
This is a family of
medium to large helicoid snails with reflected lips and often
toothed apertures. They survive best in temperate climates and humid
regions in woodland areas (Burch, 1962).
This genus contains
Polygyridae snails that have carinate, or keel like ridge, as the
lip of the shell (Anderson, 2012).
This species was named after Leslie
Hubricht (Anderson, 2012).