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Allogona townsendiana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Polygyridae

Scientific name
  
Allogona townsendiana

Higher classification
  
Allogona

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Genus
  
Allogona

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Allogona townsendiana

Similar
  
Allogona, Polygyridae, Monadenia fidelis, Cryptomastix, Vespericola

Allogona townsendiana, common name the Oregon forestsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Distribution and conservation status

This snail species lives in British Columbia in Canada, and it is endangered species there. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.

References

Allogona townsendiana Wikipedia