Lava rock mountain snail

Lava rock mountain snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Oreohelicidae
Genus: Oreohelix
Species: O. waltoni
Binomial name
Oreohelix waltoni
Solem, 1975

The lava rock mountain snail (Oreohelix waltoni) is a species of land snail in the family Oreohelicidae. It is also known as Walton's banded mountain snail.[1] It is endemic to Idaho in the United States, where it is known from just a few locations on the Salmon River.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Roth, B. 1996. Oreohelix waltoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 02 September 2014.
  2. Oreohelix waltoni. Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
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