Plain cactus snail
| Plain cactus 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: | Xerarionta |
| Species: | X. intercisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Xerarionta intercisa (W.G. Binney, 1857) | |
The plain cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta intercisa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is endemic to the United States.
Source
- Roth, B. 1996. Xerarionta intercisa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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