Anguispira jessica
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| Anguispira jessica | |
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| Mature mountain tigersnails found in Tennessee | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Discidae |
| Genus: | Anguispira |
| Species: | A. jessica |
| Binomial name | |
| Anguispira jessica Kutchka, 1938 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anguispira alternata jessica Kutchka, 1938 | |
Anguispira jessica, also known as the mountain tigersnail or mountain disc, is a species of pulmonate land snail– a gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. The species is named after G.M. Kutchka's wife Jessica; he was the first to describe the species in 1938.[1] It was originally considered a subspecies of Angusipira alternata, but has since been elevated to species status.[2]