Patera clarki
Patera clarki, the dwarf proud globe, is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The subspecies nantahala is a federally listed threatened taxon endemic to Swain County, North Carolina.[1]
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| ssp. nantahala | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | P. clarki |
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| Patera clarki (I. Lea, 1858) | |
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Mesodon clarki | |
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:[2]
- Patera clarki clarki (I.Lea, 1858) – dwarf proud globe
- Patera clarki nantahala (Clench, 1933) – noonday globe
References
- Patera clarki. NatureServe. 2013.
- Patera clarki. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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