Biology:Prickly Pear Island snail
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| Prickly pear island snail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | M. opuntia
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| Binomial name | |
| Micrarionta opuntia Roth, 1975
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The Prickly Pear Island snail, also known as the Prickly Pear snail, scientific name Micrarionta opuntia, is a species of medium-sized 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 opuntia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q514574 entry
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