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Prickly Pear Island snail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Genus
  
Micrarionta

Higher classification
  
Micrarionta

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Helminthoglyptidae

Scientific name
  
Micrarionta opuntia

Rank
  
Species

The Prickly Pear Island snail also known as the Prickly Pear snail, scientific name Micrarionta opuntia, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

Prickly Pear Island snail Wikipedia