The vortex banded mountain snail or whorled mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix vortex, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
Vortex banded mountain snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Oreohelicidae |
Genus: | Oreohelix |
Species: | O. vortex
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Binomial name | |
Oreohelix vortex S. S. Berry, 1932
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References
edit- ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Oreohelix vortex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15467A4601963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15467A4601963.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.