Biology:Vertigo clementina

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Vertigo clementina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Genus: Vertigo
Species:
V. clementina
Binomial name
Vertigo clementina
(Sterki, 1890)
Synonyms

Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890)

The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island blunt-top snail, scientific name Vertigo clementina, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.[2] (Incorrectly placed within Chondrinidae in the 2006 IUCN Red List.)[1]

This species is endemic to the State of California , U.S.A. The survival of this species is "near threatened".[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roth B. (1996). Sterkia clementina.2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q946788 entry