Biology:Gastrocopta armifera

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Gastrocopta armifera
Gastrocopta armifera shell.jpg
An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera
Scientific classification
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Gastrocoptinae
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G. armifera
Binomial name
Gastrocopta armifera
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms

Bifidaria armifera

Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).[1]

References

  1. Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.

Wikidata ☰ Q3072757 entry