Biology:Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail
| Magazine Mountain middle-toothed 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: | I. magazinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Inflectarius magazinensis (Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907)
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Mesodon magazinensis Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907 | |
The Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail, also known as the Magazine Mountain shagreen, scientific name Inflectarius magazinensis, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Mount Magazine in Arkansas, the United States . Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1][2]
Conservation efforts
The Magazine Mountain shagreen was listed as threatened on April 17, 1989.[2] Thanks to efforts from the U.S. Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the snail was removed from the endangered list in May 2013. The shagreen is the first invertebrate ever removed from the federal endangered species list.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Inflectarius magazinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39942A10294114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39942A10294114.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39942/10294114. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Magazine Mountain Shagreen From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Federal Register. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.fws.gov/arkansas-es/docs/FWS-R4-ES-2012-0002-0006.pdf.78 FR 28513
- ↑ "Service delists Magazine Mountain shagreen". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 14 May 2013. https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2013/05/service-delists-magazine-mountain-shagreen/.
- ↑ "Ceremony to mark population recovery of Arkansas snail species, Magazine Mountain shagreen". The Republic. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. https://archive.today/20130616101920/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/57b27e225a8c4fe19230dddf14f0df63/AR--Arkansas-Snail-Ceremony. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
Wikidata ☰ Q3073720 entry
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