Niobrara ambersnail

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iNiobrara ambersnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Succineidae Genus: Oxyloma Species: O. haydeni Subspecies: O. h. haydeni
Trinomial name
Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1958)

The Niobrara ambersnail (Oxyloma [haydeni] haydeni) is a subspecies of snail. The Kanab ambersnail is typically regarded as a related subspecies. As with other species of ambersnail, it is distinguished by slight differences in shell morphology.^[1]

The snail is found in Northern Arizona and the Kanab Canyon area of southern Utah.^[1] It is also found in Wyoming, where it is classed as one of the species in greatest conservation need.^[2]

[edit] References

• 1. ^ ^{a b} Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Management System

• ^ Final Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need