Gastrocopta armifera
Species of gastropod
Gastrocopta armifera | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Gastrocoptidae |
Genus: | Gastrocopta |
Species: | G. armifera |
Binomial name | |
Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821) | |
Synonyms | |
Bifidaria armifera |
Gastrocopta armifera, the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.
Distribution
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
- ^ Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.
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