Shasta sideband
| Shasta sideband | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Monadeniidae |
| Genus: | Monadenia |
| Species: | M. troglodytes |
| Binomial name | |
| Monadenia troglodytes Hanna & Smith, 1933 | |
The Shasta sideband, scientific name Monadenia troglodytes, is a species of gastropod in the family Monadeniidae. This species is endemic to Northern California in the United States. It is very rare, known from only nine locations around Shasta Lake, California. It is threatened by a variety of activities, but none of its sites are protected. The USFWS recently determined that it may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act due to threats to its habitat from the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Monadenia troglodytes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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