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    San Xavier talus snail

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    San Xavier talus snail
    Conservation status

    Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]
    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. eremita
    Binomial name
    Sonorella eremita
    Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1915

    The San Xavier talus snail, scientific name Sonorella eremita, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. This species is endemic to the United States. The common name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Sonorella eremita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20373A9192821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20373A9192821.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
    • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service factsheet on Sonorella eremita detailing the common name in English. Retrieved on 26 June 2008.


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