Cerion nanus

Cerion nanus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Urocoptoidea
Family:	Cerionidae
Genus:	Cerion
Species:	C. nanus
Binomial name
Cerion nanus Maynard

Cerion nanus is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Cerionidae, which are sometimes known as the peanut snails.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

References

1. ^ Hounsome M. (1996). Cerion nanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

Further reading

• Hounsome M. V. & Askew R. R. (1980). "Cerion nanus (Maynard) (Mollusca: Cerionidae) on Little Cayman". Atoll Research Bulletin 241: 91-96.

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