| Euglandina texasiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Testacelloidea |
| Family: | Spiraxidae |
| Subfamily: | Euglandininae |
| Genus: | Euglandina |
| Subgenus: | Euglandina |
| Species: | E. texasiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Euglandina texasiana (Pfeiffer, 1856) |
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Euglandina texasiana, common name the glossy wolfsnail, is a species of large predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae.
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The body of this species is 10 cm long and the shell is 5–7 cm. The shell color is off-white or faded pink. The shell is slightly larger and more elongated than that of Euglandina rosea, though otherwise, it is quite similar.
Euglandina texasiana overall has less pigmentation than the other species in the genus, and because of this it is sometimes known as the "Texas pale glandina".
Euglandina texasiana is endemic to Texas and northern Mexico.