Strange many-whorled land snail

Strange many-whorled land snail
Strange many-whorled land 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: Polygyridae
Genus: Millerelix
Species: M. peregrina
Binomial name
Millerelix peregrina
(Rehder, 1932)

The strange many-whorled land snail, scientific name Millerelix peregrina, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. This snail is sometimes known by its earlier name Polygyra peregrina. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). Polygyra peregrina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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