Catalina mountain snail
Species of gastropod
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The Catalina mountain snail (Radiocentrum avalonense) is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.
| Catalina mountain snail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Oreohelicidae |
| Genus: | Radiocentrum |
| Species: | R. avalonense |
| Binomial name | |
| Radiocentrum avalonense (Hemphill, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oreohelix (Radiocentrum) avalonense Hemphill, 1905 | |
This species is endemic to the United States, found only on Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands of California.[3]