Helicodiscus diadema
| Helicodiscus diadema | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Helicodiscidae |
| Genus: | Helicodiscus |
| Species: | H. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicodiscus diadema Grimm, 1967 | |
Helicodiscus diadema, common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
Distribution
This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the USA.
Conservation status
The survival of this species is "near threatened".
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Helicodiscus diadema. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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