Fraternal snail
| Fraternal 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. feralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrarionta feralis (Hemphill, 1901) | |
The fraternal snail, also known as the San Nicolas Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta feralis, 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.
References
- Roth, B. 1996. Micrarionta feralis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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