Gabb's snail

Gabb's 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: Micrarionta
Species: M. gabbii
Binomial name
Micrarionta gabbii
(Newcomb, 1864)

Gabb's snail also known as the San Clemente Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta gabbii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Roth B. (2000). Micrarionta gabbii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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