- Fraternal snail
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Fraternal 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. feralis Binomial name Micrarionta feralis
(Hemphill, 1901)The fraternal snail, also known as the San Nicolas Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta feralis, is a species of 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 feralis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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