Ammonitella yatesii
Ammonitella yatesii, the tight coin, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Megomphicidae. 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: | A. yatesii |
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| Ammonitella yatesii J.G. Cooper, 1869 | |
The shell in this species is very tightly coiled, hence the common name.
References
- Roth, B. 1996. Ammonitella yatesii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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