Sonorella

Sonorella is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. They are known commonly as talussnails[2] or talus snails because most live in talus and similar habitat. They are distributed across the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. There are about 80 species.[3]

Sonorella
Sonorella allynsmithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
Genus: Sonorella
Pilsbry, 1900[1]
Type species
Epiphragmorphora hachitana
Dall, 1895

Species

Species include:[4]

  • Sonorella allynsmithi Phoenix talussnail
  • Sonorella ambigua Papago talussnail
  • Sonorella anchana Sierra Ancha talussnail, wreathed cactussnail
  • Sonorella animasensis Animas talussnail, bicolored cactussnail
  • Sonorella apache Apache talussnail
  • Sonorella ashmuni Richinbar talussnail
  • Sonorella baboquivariensis Baboquivari talussnail
  • Sonorella bagnarai Rincon talussnail
  • Sonorella bartschi Escabrosa talussnail
  • Sonorella bequaerti Happy Valley talussnail
  • Sonorella bicipitis Dos Cabezas talussnail
  • Sonorella binneyi Horseshoe Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella bowiensis Quartzite Hill talussnail
  • Sonorella bradshaveana Bradshaw talussnail
  • Sonorella caerulifluminis blue talussnail
  • Sonorella christenseni Clark Peak talussnail
  • Sonorella clappi Madera talussnail
  • Sonorella coloradoensis Grand Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella coltoniana Walnut Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella compar Oak Creek talussnail
  • Sonorella dalli Garden Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella danielsi Bear Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella delicata Tollhouse Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella dragoonensis Stronghold Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella eremita San Xavier talussnail
  • Sonorella ferrissi Dragoon talussnail
  • Sonorella franciscana St. Francis talussnail
  • Sonorella galiurensis Galiuro talussnail
  • Sonorella grahamensis Pinaleno talussnail
  • Sonorella granulatissima Ramsey Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella hachitana New Mexico talussnail (the type species[1])
  • Sonorella huachucana Huachuca talussnail
  • Sonorella imitator mimic talussnail
  • Sonorella imperatrix Total Wreck talussnail
  • Sonorella imperialis Empire Mountain talussnail
  • Sonorella insignis Whetstone talussnail
  • Sonorella macrophallus Wet Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella magdalenensis Sonoran talussnail
  • Sonorella meadi Agua Dulce talussnail
  • Sonorella metcalfi Franklin Mountain talussnail
  • Sonorella micra pygmy talussnail
  • Sonorella micromphala Milk Ranch talussnail
  • Sonorella milleri Table Top talussnail
  • Sonorella mustang Mustang talussnail
  • Sonorella neglecta Portal talussnail
  • Sonorella odorata pungent talussnail
  • Sonorella optata Big Emigrant talussnail
  • Sonorella orientis Organ Mountain talussnail
  • Sonorella papagorum Black Mountain talussnail
  • Sonorella parva little talussnail
  • Sonorella reederi rampart talussnail
  • Sonorella rinconensis Posta Quemada talussnail
  • Sonorella rooseveltiana Roosevelt talussnail
  • Sonorella russelli Black Mesa talussnail
  • Sonorella sabinoensis Santa Catalina talussnail
  • Sonorella santaritana Agua Caliente talussnail
  • Sonorella simmonsi Picacho talussnail
  • Sonorella sitiens Las Guijas talussnail
  • Sonorella superstitionis Superstition Mountain talussnail
  • Sonorella todseni Doña Ana talussnail
  • Sonorella tortillita Tortolita talussnail
  • Sonorella tryoniana Sanford talussnail
  • Sonorella vespertina evening talussnail
  • Sonorella virilis Chiricahua talussnail
  • Sonorella walkeri Santa Rita talussnail
  • Sonorella waltoni Doubtful Canyon talussnail
  • Sonorella xanthenes Kitt Peak talussnail

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "Sonorella, a new genus of helices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1900: 556-560.
  2. Talussnail. Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Government of Pima County, Arizona.
  3. Object of the Month, November 2010: Talus Snails. Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Natural History. University of Colorado, Boulder.
  4. Sonorella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Further reading

  • Pilsbry H. A. (1948). "Inland Mollusks of Northern Mexico. I. The genera Humboldtiana, Sonorella, Oreohelix and Ashmunella". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 100: 185–203.


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