Helicodiscus diadema
Appearance
Helicodiscus diadema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicodiscidae |
Genus: | Helicodiscus |
Species: | H. diadema
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Binomial name | |
Helicodiscus diadema Grimm, 1967
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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
[edit]This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the United States.
Conservation status
[edit]The survival of this species is "near endangered".
References
[edit]- ^ 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.