Strange many-whorled land snail
Appearance
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | M. peregrina
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Millerelix peregrina (Rehder, 1932)
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Millerelix peregrina (syn. Polygyra peregrina) is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. It is known by the common names strange many-whorled land snail[1] and white liptooth.[2] It is endemic to Arkansas in the United States, where it is found in Izard, Marion, Stone, Newton, and Searcy County in the Ozark Mountains. It occurs in dolomite cliff habitat.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Polygyra peregrina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 08 September 2014.
- ^ Arkansas Endangered, Threatened, and Species of Special Concern. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. October 2, 2013.