Catalina mountain snail | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
Family: | Oreohelicidae |
Genus: | Radiocentrum |
Species: | R. avalonense |
Binomial name | |
Radiocentrum avalonense (Hemphill, 1905) | |
Synonyms | |
Oreohelix (Radiocentrum) avalonense Hemphill, 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.
References
- 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.
- "Radiocentrum avalonense (Hemphill, 1905)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- Boudevin, Jessica (20 February 2020). "Snail Spotting". The Catalina Islander. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Radiocentrum avalonense |
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