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

  1. Roth B. (1996). Micrarionta opuntia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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