Monadenia fidelis
Monadenia fidelis, common name the Pacific sideband, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae.
| Monadenia fidelis | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Monadeniidae |
| Genus: | Monadenia |
| Species: | M. fidelis |
| Binomial name | |
| Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834) | |
This species of snail creates and uses love darts.
Distribution
This land snail is endemic to the Pacific Coast of North America from southern Alaska to northern California. At 22 to 36 mm wide, it is the largest land snail species in the state of Washington.[1]
References
- "Monadenia fidelis". Evergreen Biota. The Evergreen State College. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
External links
Media related to Monadenia fidelis at Wikimedia Commons
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.