Ashmunella todseni

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Ashmunella todseni
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Ashmunella
Species:
A. todseni
Binomial name
Ashmunella todseni
Metcalf & Smartt 1977[1]

Ashmunella todseni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Type specimens[]

Holotype[]

The holotype was collected on May 24, 1975[1] from talus accumulation of igneous rock on the east side of the east branch of Maple Canyon. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340726.[1]

Paratypes[]

Paratypes are deposited at

Distribution[]

The species has only been collected from Maple and Texas canyons in the northeastern part of the Organ Mountains.[1]

Etymology[]

The species is named in honor of Dr. Thomas K. Todsen.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Metcalf, Artie L. (1977). "Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 849–876. Retrieved 12 April 2020.


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