The Thousand Palms desert snail (Eremarionta millepalmarum) is a species of land snail in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.[1] The specific epithet references Thousand Palms, California in the Colorado Desert.[2]
Thousand Palms desert snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Genus: | Eremarionta |
Species: | E. millepalmarum
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Binomial name | |
Eremarionta millepalmarum (S.S. Berry, 1930)
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References
edit- ^ a b Roth, B. (1996). "Eremarionta millepalmarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T7988A12880114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7988A12880114.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Berry, S. Stillman (1930). "LII.—Preliminary notices of two new snails from the Colorado Desert". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (29): 543–545. doi:10.1080/00222933008673162.