Biology:Helicodiscus diadema

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Helicodiscus diadema
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicodiscidae
Genus: Helicodiscus
Species:
H. diadema
Binomial name
Helicodiscus diadema
Grimm, 1967

Helicodiscus diadema, common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.

Distribution

This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the United States.

Conservation status

The survival of this species is "near endangered".

References

Wikidata ☰ Q307609 entry