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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