Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822)

AA.

Length, 1.6 mm, typical 5-tooth form; palatals located on thickened ridge; lower palatal more deeply recessed, and often with a low spur extending inward, longer than the elevated portion of the lamella..

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B.

8-tooth variation, with extra teeth including infraparietal, suprapalatal, and infrapalatal

C.

With raised, white crest behind lip

 


Notes:
Locality: A. MO, St. Louis Co., 4 mi SW Ellisville, Rockwoods Reservation; B-C, MO, Barry Co., 5 mi S. Cassville, near Roaring River St. Park.

Most lots have a mixture of the simple, 5-tooth form, and variations with extra teeth. In the Barry Co. lot, figured in B-C above, most individuals have the infraparietal tooth; in other lots, the infraparietal is never present.

References:
Pilsbry, 1948, LMNA pp. 886-889, fig. 477 2-3, 5-8
Hubricht, 1985, Dist. Nat. Land. Moll. E. US, p. 9, map 61