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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H. diadema
Binomial name
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

  1. 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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