Vallonia gracilicosta

Vallonia gracilicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Species: V. gracilicosta
Binomial name
Vallonia gracilicosta
(Reinhardt, 1883)
Synonyms

Vallonia sonorana Pilsbry, 1915

Vallonia gracilicosta, common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.[1]

Subspecies

The subspecies, Vallonia gracilicosta albula, is an endangered species in the U.S. State of Michigan.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

References

  1. "ITIS Report". ITIS Report. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. "Conservation Assessment for Vallonia Gracilicosta Albula" (PDF). Janet Kudell-Ekstrum. 2003.
  3. 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  4. Coppolino M.L. 2009. Land Snails of Southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Last updated 31 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.


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