Lobosculum is a genus (or a subgenus under Polygyra) of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Shell description These are among the smallest snails in the Polygyridae, with shell diameters of about 4 to 6 mm (approximately 1/5 inch). The shells of this species usually have a velvety surface, as a consequence of numerous hair-like extensions of the surface covering of the shell, the periostracum.
Distribution The known distribution of this species is limited to the United States: along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, as well as Georgia, and the Mississippi valley from Arkansas to Indiana.Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 607-613.
Species This genus includes the following species and subspecies: Lobosculum at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 23 Jan. 2008. Lee, Harry G. 2007. A Tale of Two Cities; accessed 23 Jan. 2008.Burch, John B. (1962). How to know the Eastern Land Snails. Wm. C. Brown Co.: Dubuque IA, 214 pp.
Lobosculum leporinum (Gould, 1848) Lobosculum pustula (Férussac, 1822) Lobosculum pustuloides (Bland, 1858)
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