Catalina mountain snail

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Catalina mountain snail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oreohelicidae
Genus: Radiocentrum
Species:
R. avalonense
Binomial name
Radiocentrum avalonense
(Hemphill, 1905)
Synonyms [2]

Oreohelix (Radiocentrum) avalonenseHemphill, 1905

The Catalina mountain snail (Radiocentrum avalonense) is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.

This species is endemic to the United States, found only on Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands of California. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Roth, B. (1996). "Radiocentrum avalonense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T19063A8803247. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19063A8803247.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Radiocentrum avalonense (Hemphill, 1905)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Boudevin, Jessica (20 February 2020). "Snail Spotting". The Catalina Islander. Retrieved 27 February 2024.


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