Auriculella expansa

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Auriculella expansa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Auriculella
Species:
A. expansa
Binomial name
Auriculella expansa
Pease, 1868

Auriculella expansa was a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. This species was[ when? ] endemic to the United States.

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella expansa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T2411A9437291. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2411A9437291.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.