Fumonelix jonesiana

Fumonelix jonesiana (syn. Mesodon jonesianus)[1] is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. Its common names are Jones' middle-toothed land snail[1] and big-tooth covert.[2][3] It is native to North Carolina and Tennessee in the United States, where it occurs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[4]

Fumonelix jonesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Polygyridae
Genus:
Fumonelix
Species:
F. jonesiana
Binomial name
Fumonelix jonesiana
(Archer, 1938)
Synonyms

Mesodon jonesianus

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group. 1996. Mesodon jonesianus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 16 September 2013.
  2. Fumonelix jonesiana. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  3. Big-tooth covert snail (Fumonelix jonesiana). Species Profile. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
  4. Fumonelix jonesiana. NatureServe. 2013.


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