Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Monadenia Higher classification Monadenia | Phylum Mollusca Family Monadeniidae Scientific name Monadenia troglodytes Rank Species | |
Similar Monadenia, Molluscs, Gastropods, Vespericola, Monadenia fidelis | ||
The Shasta sideband (Monadenia troglodytes) is a species of gastropod in the family Monadeniidae. This species is endemic to Northern California in the United States. It is very rare, known from only nine locations around Shasta Lake, California. It is threatened by a variety of activities, but none of its sites are protected. The USFWS recently determined that it may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act due to threats to its habitat from the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.
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