- Prickly Pear Island snail
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Prickly pear island snail Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Helicoidea Family: Helminthoglyptidae Genus: Micrarionta Species: M. opuntia Binomial name Micrarionta opuntia
Roth, 1975The Prickly Pear Island snail also known as the Prickly Pear snail, scientific name Micrarionta opuntia, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ^ Roth B. (1996). Micrarionta opuntia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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