Franklin Mountain woodland snail

Franklin Mountain woodland snail
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (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: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Ashmunella
Species: A. pasonis
Binomial name
Ashmunella pasonis
(Drake, 1951)

The Franklin Mountain woodland snail (Ashmunella pasonis) is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. It is native to New Mexico and Texas in the United States.[2]

The snail has a limited range in two isolated mountain ranges, but it is a common species within this range. The snail lives in open rocky mountain habitat, such as scree.[2]

References

  1. Roth, B. 1996. Ashmunella pasonis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 07 September 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 NatureServe. 2014. Ashmunella pasonis. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed September 7, 2014.