Allyn Smith's banded snail

Allyn Smith's banded snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Helminthoglypta
Species: H. allynsmithi
Binomial name
Helminthoglypta allynsmithi
Pilsbry, 1939

Allyn Smith's banded snail, also known as the Merced Canyon shoulderband, scientific name Helminthoglypta allynsmithi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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