Prickly Pear Island snail
| Prickly pear island 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. opuntia |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrarionta opuntia Roth, 1975 | |
The Prickly Pear Island snail also known as the Prickly Pear snail, scientific name Micrarionta opuntia, is a species of medium-sized 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 opuntia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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