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Patera is a genus (or subgenus under Mesodon) of terrestrial snails in the family Polygyridae. The name is from the Latin patera, meaning a saucer, and refers to the highly depressed, saucer-like shape of the shells of these snails. In addition to flattened shells, members of the group have an imperforate umbilicus, and a single tooth, on the parietal wall of the aperture.
They are known only from the eastern United States.
The genus Patera contains the following species:
- Patera appressus
- Patera jonesianus
- Patera panselenus, Virginia bladetooth snail
- Patera perigraptus
- Patera sargentianus
- Patera subpalliatus
- Patera wetherbyi
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