Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Punctoidea Genus Oreohelix Higher classification Oreohelix | Phylum Mollusca Family Oreohelicidae Scientific name Oreohelix carinifera Rank Species | |
Oreohelix carinifera, common name keeled mountainsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.
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Original description
Oreohelix carinifera was originally described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1912. The type locality is Garrison, Montana, USA.
Pilsbry's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Distribution
This species occurs in Montana, USA.
References
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