Alabama vertigo
| Alabama vertigo | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Vertigo |
| Species: | V. alabamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vertigo alabamensis Clapp, 1915 | |
The Alabama vertigo (Vertigo alabamensis) is a species of land snail in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. It is native to the United States, where it occurs in parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.[2]
The snail lives in pine savanna, bay forest, and bog habitat. The young hatch in spring. Adult shells can be found during spring and early summer, but they are mostly gone by late summer.[2]
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Vertigo alabamensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 06 September 2014.
- 1 2 NatureServe. 2014. Vertigo alabamensis. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed September 6, 2014.
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