Plain cactus snail
Plain cactus snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helminthoglyptidae |
Genus: | Xerarionta |
Species: | X. intercisa |
Binomial name | |
Xerarionta intercisa (W.G. Binney, 1857) | |
The plain cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta intercisa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is endemic to the United States.
Sources
- Roth, B. 1996. Xerarionta intercisa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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