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Vortex banded mountain snail

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Vortex banded mountain snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oreohelicidae
Genus: Oreohelix
Species:
O. vortex
Binomial name
Oreohelix vortex

The vortex banded mountain snail or whorled mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix vortex, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Oreohelix vortex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15467A4601963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15467A4601963.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.