Wreathed cactus snail

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.

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)

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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