Glyptostoma gabrielense

Glyptostoma gabrielense
Three views of a shell of Glyptostoma gabrielense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Megomphicidae
Genus: Glyptostoma
Species: G. gabrielense
Binomial name
Glyptostoma gabrielense
Pilsbry, 1938

Glyptostoma gabrielense, commonly known as the San Gabriel Chestnut or San Gabriel Chestnut Snail, is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Megomphicidae. They are found in the region of the San Gabriel Mountains and lowlands in parts of the Los Angeles Basin, including the Angeles National Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

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