Cerion nanus

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Cerion nanus
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Urocoptoidea
Family: Cerionidae
Genus: Cerion
Species: C. nanus
Binomial name
Cerion nanus
Maynard

Cerion nanus is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Cerionidae, which are sometimes known as the peanut snails.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. Hounsome M. (1996). Cerion nanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

Further reading

  • Hounsome M. V. & Askew R. R. (1980). "Cerion nanus (Maynard) (Mollusca: Cerionidae) on Little Cayman". Atoll Research Bulletin 241: 91-96.
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