Glyptostoma

Glyptostoma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Megomphicidae.

Glyptostoma
Three views of a shell of Glyptostoma gabrielense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Informal group:	Sigmurethra
Family:	Megomphicidae
Genus:	Glyptostoma Bland & Binney, 1873

These are large (to about 40 mm or 1.5 inches in diameter) dark brown snails, much shorter than wide. They are found in hilly areas, or low mountains, along the Pacific coast of North America, from California to Baja California.^[1]

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Glyptostoma include:^[1][2]

• Glyptostoma gabrielense Pilsbry, 1938
• Glyptostoma newberryanum (Binney, 1858)
  • Glyptostoma newberryanum depressum Byant, 1902