Sonorella

Sonorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helminthoglyptidae
Genus: Sonorella
Pilsbry, 1900[1]

Sonorella is a genus of land snails in the family Helminthoglyptidae. 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 adjacentMexico. There are about 80 species.[3]

Species

Species include:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "Sonorella, a new genus of helices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1900: 556-560.
  2. Talussnail. Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Government of Pima County, Arizona.
  3. Object of the Month, November 2010: Talus Snails. Museum of Natural History. University of Colorado, Boulder.
  4. Sonorella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Further reading

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