Xerarionta kellettii
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| Xerarionta kellettii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Xerarionta |
| Species: | X. kelletii |
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| Xerarionta kelletii (Forbes, 1850) | |
Xerarionta kelletii, the Catalina Cactussnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail native to Santa Catalina Island off the coast of southern California. An isolated population is found on the mainland on the Palos Verdes peninsula, but it is unclear if living snails still persist there.
