Nesovitrea binneyana | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Nesovitrea binneyana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Oxychilidae |
Subfamily: | Godwiniinae |
Genus: | Nesovitrea |
Species: | N. binneyana |
Binomial name | |
Nesovitrea binneyana (E. S. Morse, 1864) |
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Synonyms | |
Vitrea binneyana |
Nesovitrea binneyana, common name the blue glass snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
This species is named in honor of the American malacologist William G. Binney.
This species occurs in North America.