Kingdom Animalia Family Bradybaenidae Scientific name Monadenia fidelis Higher classification Monadenia | Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Monadenia Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Monadenia, Gastropods, Molluscs, Vespericola, Helminthoglypta | ||
Monadenia fidelis 17may2015
Monadenia fidelis, common name the Pacific sideband, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae.
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This species of snail creates and uses love darts.
Pacific sideband snail monadenia fidelis
Distribution
This land snail is endemic to the Pacific Coast of North America from southern Alaska to northern California. At 22 to 36 mm wide, it is the largest Washington land snail species.
References
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