Metodontia is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. This genus is considered to be the most primitive of the bradybaenid snails.[1][2]

Metodontia
Metodontia huaiensis
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Metodontia

Möllendorff, 1886

Species list

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Species within the genus Metodontia include:

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These are terrestrial snails.

References

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  1. ^ Wu, Min; Prozorova, Larisa, A., 2006: "The landsnail genus Metodontia Moellendorff (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae) of China." Journal of Conchology 39(2): 159-173
  2. ^ 月季花中的星辰 (2015-07-12). "贝壳上也长牙" ["Teeth" on shells] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 1 January 2016.