Gabb's snail also known as the San Clemente Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta gabbii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Genus: | Micrarionta |
Species: | M. gabbii
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Binomial name | |
Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864)
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This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Roth, B. (2000). "Micrarionta gabbii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T13301A3540007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13301A3540007.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.