Niobrara ambersnail

Oxyloma haydeni haydeni, common name the Niobrara ambersnail, is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Niobrara ambersnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:
Succineoidea
Family:
Succineidae
Subfamily:
Succineinae
Genus:
Oxyloma
Species:
Oxyloma haydeni
Subspecies:
O. h. haydeni
Trinomial name
Oxyloma haydeni haydeni
(W. G. Binney, 1858)

The Kanab ambersnail is often regarded as a subspecies of this species. As with other species of ambersnail, it is distinguished by slight differences in shell morphology.[1]

Distribution

The snail is found in Northern Arizona and the Kanab Canyon area of southern Utah.[1] It is also found in Wyoming, where it is classed as one of the species in greatest conservation need.[2]

References
  1. Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Management System
  2. Final Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need


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