Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Inflectarius
Species: Inflectarius downieanus
Domain: Eukarya
Organisms that have eukaryotic cells, multicellular, and has
cell division by mitosis (Domain
Eukarya, 2012).
Kingdom:Animalia
Organisms that are heterotrophic, has an internal cavity, and
multicellular
(Schoolworkerhelper
2010).
Phylum: Mollusca
Organisms that have bilateral symmetry, a soft body, and has three typical
body parts (foot, visceral mass, and mantle) (Hickman
Jr., 2009).
Class: Gastropoda
Organism that twist the visceral mass 180°
called torsion and operculum that seals the entrance of their
shell (Hickman Jr., 2009).
Order: Stylommatophora
Inflecaterius downieanus is place in the order
Stylommatophora because they have eyes on top of their tentacles
(About.com. Animals/Wildlife, 2012).
Family: Polygyridae
Organisms that are found in eastern North America have no dart
apparatus, jaws that are ribbed, and have between 26-35 haploid
chromosomes (Polygyridae,
1895).
Genus: Inflectarius
Organisms that have a medium shell and are a tan brown
color (Dourson, 2006).
Species: Inflectarius downieanus
Common name: Dwarf globelet