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Strobilops labyrinthicus

Strobilops labyrinthicus, common name the maze pinecone, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.

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Strobilops labyrinthicus
The shell of Strobilops labyrinthicus
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strobilopsidae
Genus: Strobilops
Species:
S. labyrinthicus
Binomial name
Strobilops labyrinthicus
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms

Strobilops labyrinthica

Strobilops labyrinthicus, common name the maze pinecone, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.

Its shell color is reddish brown and it has a height of 1.7-1.8 mm with a diameter of 2.3 mm. Its aperture is semicircular in shape, peristome reflected, brown.2 Older descriptions refer to it as Strobilops Labyrinthica.3

This species of land snail occurs in North America, ranging from Texas in the south to Ontario and Manitoba in the north.4 It also occurs in Oklahoma5

References

References

  1. NatureServe. "Strobilops labyrinthicus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  2. Taft, Celeste. The Shell-Bearing Land Snails of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey. Vol 1 No. 3. Published by the Ohio State University 1961. p. 54
  3. "MolluscaBase - Strobilops labyrinthica (Say, 1817)". molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-06-16.
  4. Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.
  5. Branson B. A. (1961). "The Recent Gastropoda of Oklahoma, III. Terrestrial Species: Pupillidae, Carychiidae, Strobilopsidae and Oligyridae". Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science for 1960: 41: 45-69. PDF.