Sonorella
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| Sonorella | |
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| Sonorella allynsmithi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Subfamily: | Helminthoglyptinae |
| Genus: | Sonorella Pilsbry, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| Epiphragmorphora hachitana Dall, 1895 | |
Sonorella is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. They are known commonly as talussnails[2] or talus snails because most live in talus and similar habitat. They are distributed across the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. There are about 80 species.[3]