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Vortex banded mountain snail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Punctoidea

Genus
  
Oreohelix

Higher classification
  
Oreohelix

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Oreohelicidae

Scientific name
  
Oreohelix vortex

Rank
  
Species

The vortex banded mountain snail or whorled mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix vortex, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

Vortex banded mountain snail Wikipedia