Sonorella
| Sonorella | |
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| Sonorella allynsmithi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Helminthoglyptidae
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| Genus: | Sonorella |
Sonorella is a genus of land snails in the family Helminthoglyptidae. They are known commonly as talussnails[2] or talus snails because most live in talus and similar habitat. They are distributed across the southwestern United States and adjacentMexico. There are about 80 species.[3]
Species[]
Species include:[4]
- Sonorella allynsmithi – Phoenix talussnail
- – Papago talussnail
- – Sierra Ancha talussnail, wreathed cactussnail
- – Animas talussnail, bicolored cactussnail
- – Apache talussnail
- – Richinbar talussnail
- – Baboquivari talussnail
- – Rincon talussnail
- – Escabrosa talussnail
- – Happy Valley talussnail
- – Dos Cabezas talussnail
- – Horseshoe Canyon talussnail
- – Quartzite Hill talussnail
- – Bradshaw talussnail
- – blue talussnail
- Sonorella christenseni – Clark Peak talussnail
- – Madera talussnail
- – Grand Canyon talussnail
- – Walnut Canyon talussnail
- – Oak Creek talussnail
- – Garden Canyon talussnail
- – Bear Canyon talussnail
- – Tollhouse Canyon talussnail
- – Stronghold Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella eremita – San Xavier talussnail
- – Dragoon talussnail
- – St. Francis talussnail
- – Galiuro talussnail
- Sonorella grahamensis – Pinaleno talussnail
- – Ramsey Canyon talussnail
- – New Mexico talussnail (the type species[1])
- – Huachuca talussnail
- – mimic talussnail
- – Total Wreck talussnail
- – Empire Mountain talussnail
- – Whetstone talussnail
- Sonorella macrophallus – Wet Canyon talussnail
- – Sonoran talussnail
- – Agua Dulce talussnail
- Sonorella metcalfi – Franklin Mountain talussnail
- – pygmy talussnail
- – Milk Ranch talussnail
- – Table Top talussnail
- – Mustang talussnail
- Sonorella neglecta – Portal talussnail
- – pungent talussnail
- – Big Emigrant talussnail
- – Organ Mountain talussnail
- – Black Mountain talussnail
- – little talussnail
- – rampart talussnail
- – Posta Quemada talussnail
- – Roosevelt talussnail
- – Black Mesa talussnail
- – Santa Catalina talussnail
- – Agua Caliente talussnail
- – Picacho talussnail
- – Las Guijas talussnail
- – Superstition Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella todseni – Doña Ana talussnail
- – Tortolita talussnail
- – Sanford talussnail
- – evening talussnail
- – Chiricahua talussnail
- – Santa Rita talussnail
- – Doubtful Canyon talussnail
- – Kitt Peak talussnail
References[]
- ^ a b Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "Sonorella, a new genus of helices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1900: 556-560.
- ^ Talussnail. Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Government of Pima County, Arizona.
- ^ Object of the Month, November 2010: Talus Snails. Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Natural History. University of Colorado, Boulder.
- ^ Sonorella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Further reading[]
- Pilsbry H. A. (1948). "Inland Mollusks of Northern Mexico. I. The genera Humboldtiana, Sonorella, Oreohelix and Ashmunella". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 100: 185–203.
Categories:
- Sonorella
- Helicoidea stubs