Franklin Mountain talus snail

The Franklin Mountain talus snail, scientific name Sonorella metcalfi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Franklin Mountain talus snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
Genus: Sonorella
Species:
S. metcalfi
Binomial name
Sonorella metcalfi
W.B. Miller, 1976

The name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus. This species is named after the Franklin Mountains in Texas.

The specific name metcalfi honors the American Malacologist Artie L. Metcalf[2]

References

  1. Roth, B. (1996). "Sonorella metcalfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20374A9192919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20374A9192919.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Miller, Walter B. (April 1976). "New species of Sonorella (Pulmonata: Helminthoglyptidae) from New Mexico and Texas". The Nautilus. 90 (2): 70–73. Retrieved 28 March 2016.


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