Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail
Species of gastropod
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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.
| Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Inflectarius |
| Species: | I. magazinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Inflectarius magazinensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesodon magazinensis Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907 | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to Mount Magazine in Arkansas, the United States. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1][3]
Conservation efforts
The Magazine Mountain shagreen was listed as threatened on April 17, 1989.[3] 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 2013.[4] The shagreen is the first invertebrate ever removed from the federal endangered species list.[5][6]