Gabb's snail

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Gabb's snail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Micrarionta
Species:
M. gabbii
Binomial name
Micrarionta gabbii
(Newcomb, 1864)

Gabb's snail also known as the San Clemente Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta gabbii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Roth, B. (2000). "Micrarionta gabbii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T13301A3540007. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13301A3540007.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.