Nesovitrea binneyana

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Nesovitrea binneyana
Drawing of an 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)
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.

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

References


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