Wreathed cactus snail

Wreathed cactus snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Xerarionta
Species: X. redimita
Binomial name
Xerarionta redimita
(W.G. Binney, 1858)

The wreathed cactus snail (Xerarionta redimita) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Roth, B. (1996). "Xerarionta redimita". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T23139A9418056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T23139A9418056.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.


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