Paravitrea clappi

Paravitrea clappi is a species of land snail in the family Zonitidae, the true glass snails. It is known as the Mirey Ridge supercoil. This species is endemic to the United States, where it is known from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Appalachian Mountains.[1]

Paravitrea clappi

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pristilomatidae
Genus: Paravitrea
Species:
P. clappi
Binomial name
Paravitrea clappi
(Pilsbry, 1898)

References

  1. VanDevender, A. S. Status report on the Mirey Ridge supercoil Paravitrea clappi, Pilsbry 1898. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Asheville, North Carolina. November 1985.
  • Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Paravitrea clappi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 6 September 2014.


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