Labyrinthus leucodon

Labyrinthus leucodon is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Labyrinthidae.

Labyrinthus leucodon
Two shells of Labyrinthus leucodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Labyrinthidae
Genus:	Labyrinthus
Species:	L. leucodon
Binomial name
Labyrinthus leucodon (Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
Helix leucodon Pfeifer, 1847 Helix leucodon Revee, 1852 Labyrinthus quadridentatus Martens, 1860 Labyrinthus leucodon Jouseme, 1889 Pleurodonte (Labyrinthus) leucodon Pilsbry, 1894 Helix (Labyrinthus) leucodon Pilsbry, 1898 Pleurodonte (Labyrinthus) leucodon Baker, 1926

Description

The periphery of the shell of this species is acutely angulated. The spire is normally elevated, and the sides of the spire are flat to slightly rounded. The shell aperture is moderately deflected. Within the aperture, the high, simple parietal lamella starts descending before it runs into the parietal lip. The basal lip has a broad, prominent knob. The lower palatal tooth is a prominent, crescentic lamella, with strong lateral buttresses. The upper palatal lip often has a small tuberculate denticle.^[1]

The periostracum is brownish in color, occasionally speckled with greenish yellow.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Venezuela^[1][2] (reported for the states of Carabobo,^[1][3] Distrito Capital,^[1][2] Falcón,^[3] Mérida,^[1][2] Vargas^[1] and Yaracuy^[1][2])
• Colombia^[1]

See also

• List of molluscs of Falcón State, Venezuela
• List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela