Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864) is a animal in the Xanthonychidae family, order Stylommatophora, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864)

Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864)

Micrarionta gabbii, or Gabb's snail, is an air-breathing US-endemic land snail threatened by habitat loss.

Genus
Micrarionta
Order
Stylommatophora
Class
Gastropoda

About Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864)

Gabb's snail, also called the San Clemente Island snail, has the scientific name Micrarionta gabbii. It is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland, and it is currently threatened by habitat loss.

Photo: (c) Cedric Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cedric Lee · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Stylommatophora Xanthonychidae Micrarionta

More from Xanthonychidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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