Micrarionta feralis

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Micrarionta feralis, the fraternal snail or San Nicolas Island snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States, specifically California.

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Micrarionta feralis
Micrarionta feralis in California, United States
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Micrarionta
Species:
M. feralis
Binomial name
Micrarionta feralis
(Hemphill, 1901)
Synonyms[3]
  • Helix rufocincta var. feralis Hemphill, 1901
  • Helix feralis Hemphill, 1901
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