Vortex banded mountain snail
| Vortex banded mountain snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Oreohelicidae |
| Genus: | Oreohelix |
| Species: | O. vortex |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreohelix vortex S. S. Berry, 1932 | |
The vortex banded mountain snail or whorled mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix vortex, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ↑ Roth B. (1996). Oreohelix vortex. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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