Vallonia gracilicosta

Vallonia gracilicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Species: V. gracilicosta
Binomial name
Vallonia gracilicosta
(Reinhardt, 1883)
Synonyms

Vallonia sonorana Pilsbry, 1915

Vallonia gracilicosta, common name multirib vallonia or Multiribbed Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.[1]

Subspecies

The subspecies, Vallonia gracilicosta albula, is an endangered species in the U.S. State of Michigan.[2]

Distribution

References

  1. ^ "ITIS Report". ITIS Report. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=76868. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  2. ^ "Conservation Assessment for Vallonia Gracilicosta Albula". Janet Kudell-Ekstrum. 2003. http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/wildlife/tes/ca-overview/docs/Vallonia_gracilicosta_albula.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer". http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Vallonia%20gracilicosta. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
  4. ^ Coppolino M.L. 2009. Land Snails of Southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Last updated 31 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.