Gabb's snail | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Xanthonychidae |
Genus: | Micrarionta |
Species: | M. gabbii
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Binomial name | |
Micrarionta gabbii (
Newcomb, 1864)
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Gabb's snail also known as the San Clemente Island snail, scientific name Micrarionta gabbii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.