Oxyloma haydeni
| Oxyloma haydeni | |
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| A live individual of Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Subfamily: | Succineinae |
| Genus: | Oxyloma |
| Species: | O haydeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyloma haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) | |
Oxyloma haydeni, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. A subspecies of this species is protected after having been recognized as Endangered.
Subspecies
- Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) - Niobrara ambersnail
- Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis (Pilsbry, 1948) - Kanab ambersnail an endangered subspecies
References
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