Plain cactus snail

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.

Plain cactus snail
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)

References
  1. Roth, B. (1996). "Xerarionta intercisa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T23138A9418008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T23138A9418008.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.



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