| Gastrocopta armifera | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Gastrocoptinae |
| Genus: | Gastrocopta |
| Species: | G. armifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bifidaria armifera |
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Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and Alberta (Red Deer), Manitoba (Brandon) Canada.[1]