Cerion nanus
| Cerion nanus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
| Family: | Cerionidae |
| Genus: | Cerion |
| Species: | C. nanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerion nanus Maynard, 1889[2] | |
Cerion nanus is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Cerionidae, which are sometimes known as the peanut snails.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the island of Little Cayman, Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
References
- ↑ Hounsome M. (1996). Cerion nanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ "The Rarest Snail in the World". American Scientist. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
Further reading
- Hounsome M. V. & Askew R. R. (1980). "Cerion nanus (Maynard) (Mollusca: Cerionidae) on Little Cayman" (PDF). Atoll Research Bulletin. 241: 91–96. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.241-9.91. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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