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Fraternal snail
M. feralis in California, United States
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Micrarionta
Species: M. feralis
Binomial name
Micrarionta feralis
(Hemphill, 1901)

The fraternal snail (also known as the San Nicolas Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta feralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States, specifically California.

References

  1. Roth, B. (1996). "Micrarionta feralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13300A3530912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13300A3530912.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Micrarionta feralis


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