Oxyloma haydeni
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A live individual of Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | O haydeni
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Oxyloma haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858)
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Oxyloma haydeni is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. A subspecies of this species is protected after having been recognized as Endangered.
Subspecies
- Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) - Niobrara ambersnail
- Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis (Pilsbry, 1948) - Kanab ambersnail an endangered subspecies [1]