Gabb's snail

Gabb's snail
Gabb's snail
Conservation status
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: Micrarionta
Species: M. gabbii
Binomial name
Micrarionta gabbii
(Newcomb, 1864)

Gabb's snail also known as the San Clemente Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta gabbii, 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. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Roth B. (2000). Micrarionta gabbii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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