Helicodiscus diadema
Helicodiscus diadema, common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
| Helicodiscus diadema | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | H. diadema |
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| Helicodiscus diadema Grimm, 1967 | |
Distribution
This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the United States.
Conservation status
The survival of this species is "near endangered".
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Helicodiscus diadema. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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