Franklin Mountain talus snail

Franklin Mountain talus snail
Sonorella metcalfiFranklin Mountain talus 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: Sonorella
Species: S. metcalfi
Binomial name
Sonorella metcalfi
W.B. Miller, 1976

The Franklin Mountain talus snail, scientific name Sonorella metcalfi, 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.

The name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus. This species is called "Franklin Mountain talus snail" after the Franklin Mountains in Texas.

The specific name metcalfi honors the American Malacologist Artie L. Metcalf[1]

References

  1. Miller, Walter B. (April 1976). "New species of Sonorella (Pulmonata: Helminthoglyptidae) from New Mexico and Texas". The Nautilus 90 (2): 70–73. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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