Morongo desert snail
The Morongo desert snail (Eremarionta morongoana) is a species of land snail in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | E. morongoana |
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| Eremarionta morongoana (S.S. Berry, 1929) | |
A Morongo Desert snail photographed near the bottom of Chino Canyon after a rainstorm.
It is endemic to California in the Western United States.
It is known only from the Morongo Basin area of the Colorado Desert−Mojave Desert ecotone, in Riverside County and San Bernardino County.[1]
References
- NatureServe. 2014. Eremarionta morongoana. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 9, 2014.
External links
- Roth, B. 1996. Eremarionta morongoana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 9 September 2014.
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