Holospira goldfussi

Holospira goldfussi, common name the New Braunfels holospira, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Urocoptidae.

Holospira goldfussi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Urocoptoidea
Family:
Urocoptidae
Subfamily:
Holospirinae
Genus:
Holospira
Species:
H. goldfussi
Binomial name
Holospira goldfussi
(Menke, 1847)

The common name of this species is based on the city of New Braunfels, Texas which was founded only two years before the snail was officially named and described.

Subspecies
  • Holospira goldfussi anacachensis Bartsch[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Texas,[1] USA.

References
  1. Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 27 June 2009.
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