Franklin Mountain talus snail
The Franklin Mountain talus snail, scientific name Sonorella metcalfi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | S. metcalfi |
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| Sonorella metcalfi W.B. Miller, 1976 | |
The name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus. This species is called "Franklin Mountain talus snail" after the Franklin Mountains in Texas.
The specific name metcalfi honors the American Malacologist Artie L. Metcalf[1]
References
- Miller, Walter B. (April 1976). "New species of Sonorella (Pulmonata: Helminthoglyptidae) from New Mexico and Texas". The Nautilus. 90 (2): 70–73. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- Roth, B. 1996. Sonorella metcalfi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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