Stats

Lifespan: 1-3 years
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Slithering
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: G3g4

About

Texas Liptooth is a species of large freshwater mollusk native to the Texas Hill Country, Texas. This species is capable of producing a venomous toxin that can cause severe pain and even death in humans.

Life cycle

1.
juvenile
A juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
2.
adult
Fully grown at adult shell size or body length.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Linisa
Species: Linisa texasiana