Gastrocopta armifera, the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.

Gastrocopta armifera
An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrocoptidae
Genus: Gastrocopta
Species:
G. armifera
Binomial name
Gastrocopta armifera
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms

Bifidaria armifera

Distribution

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This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.