Franklin Mountain talus snail

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Franklin Mountain talus snail

Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Helminthoglyptinae
Genus: Sonorella
Species:
S. metcalfi
Binomial name
Sonorella metcalfi
W.B. Miller, 1976

The Franklin Mountain talus snail, scientific name Sonorella metcalfi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus. This species is called "Franklin Mountain talus snail" after the Franklin Mountains in Texas.

The specific name metcalfi honors the American Malacologist Artie L. Metcalf[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Sonorella metcalfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20374A9192919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20374A9192919.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, Walter B. (April 1976). "New species of Sonorella (Pulmonata: Helminthoglyptidae) from New Mexico and Texas". The Nautilus. 90 (2): 70–73. Retrieved 28 March 2016.


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