Ammonitella yatesii

Ammonitella yatesii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Informal group:	Sigmurethra
Family:	Megomphicidae
Genus:	Ammonitella
Species:	A. yatesii
Binomial name
Ammonitella yatesii J.G. Cooper, 1869

A specimen collected in 1869

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. ^{[ citation needed ]}

The shell in this species is very tightly coiled, hence the common name.

References

1. Roth, B. (1996). "Ammonitella yatesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T1146A3279930. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1146A3279930.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.