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Cryptomastix devia (Gould, 1849)
Puget Oregonian
Family: Polygyridae

Species account author: Robert Forsyth.

Distribution of Cryptomastix devia in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction

This species is considered extirpated in Canada and British Columbia.

Shell

medium-sized, heliciform, brown, nearly smooth; periostracum not hairy; aperture with a parietal tooth; lip thickened and expanded.

Forests

NW North America

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	SX	Red	XT (Apr 2013)

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Helix baskervillei Pfeiffer, 1850:130
Triodopsis devia (Pilsbry 1939, 1940)

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