Helicina rostrata

Helicina rostrata
Five shells of Helicina rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha

Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Subfamily: Helicininae
Genus: Helicina
Species: H. rostrata
Binomial name
Helicina rostrata
Morelet, 1851

Helicina rostrata is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

This is an endangered species.

Distribution

This land snail is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

References

  1. Perez A. M. (1996). Helicina rostrata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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