>  I don't know anything about land shells but I do understand gender agreement
>  in names.  If you search for Pachychilus glaphyrus you will find a number of
>  listings.

It might also help the search if you check references on freshwater, not terrestrial snails.  Pachychilids are freshwater cerithioideans, like the pleurocerids and the thiarids.

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    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
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