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Helicodiscus diadema

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Helicodiscus diadema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicodiscidae
Genus: Helicodiscus
Species:
H. diadema
Binomial name
Helicodiscus diadema
Grimm, 1967

Helicodiscus diadema, common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.

Distribution

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This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the United States.

Conservation status

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The survival of this species is "near endangered".

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Helicodiscus diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9801A13017927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9801A13017927.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.