Ashmunella harrisi
Appearance
Ashmunella harrisi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Ashmunella |
Species: | A. harrisi
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Binomial name | |
Ashmunella harrisi |
Ashmunella harrisi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
Type specimens
[edit]Holotype
[edit]The holotype was collected on April 11, 1975[1] from limestone talus on the north-facing wall of a canyon indenting the East side of Goat Mountain. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340724.[1]
Paratypes
[edit]Paratypes are deposited at
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340725
- DelMNH 106682
- DMNH 4535
- National Museum of Natural History USNM 758527
- University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections UTEP:ES:3139 and UTEP:ES:4413[1]
Distribution
[edit]Known from two canyons on the east side of Goat Mountain in the southeastern part of the San Andres Mountains.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The species is named in honor of Dr. Arthur H. Harris, who first collected the species.[1]
References
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