Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail
Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Inflectarius |
Species: | I. magazinensis |
Binomial name | |
Inflectarius magazinensis (Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907) | |
Synonyms | |
Mesodon magazinensis Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907 |
The Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail also known as the Magazine Mountain shagreen, scientific name Inflectarius magazinensis, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Arkansas in the United States. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.
Conservation Efforts
The Magazine Mountain shagreen was listed as threatened on April 17, 1989.[2] Thanks to efforts from the U.S. Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the snail was removed from the endangered list in May of 2013.[3] The shagreen is the first invertebrate ever removed from the federal endangered species list.[4]
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Inflectarius magazinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
- ↑ http://www.fws.gov/ecos/ajax/docs/action_plans/doc3099.pdf
- ↑ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/57b27e225a8c4fe19230dddf14f0df63/AR--Arkansas-Snail-Ceremony
- ↑ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/57b27e225a8c4fe19230dddf14f0df63/AR--Arkansas-Snail-Ceremony