Gastrocopta armifera
Gastrocopta armifera | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | G. armifera
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Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821)
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Bifidaria armifera |
Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.