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Ammonitella yatesii

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Ammonitella yatesii
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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A. yatesii
Binomial name
Ammonitella yatesii
J.G. Cooper, 1869

Ammonitella yatesii, the tight coin, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Megomphicidae. This species is endemic to the United States. [citation needed]

The shell in this species is very tightly coiled, hence the common name.

References

  1. ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Ammonitella yatesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1146A3279930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1146A3279930.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.