Micrarionta opuntia | |
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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. opuntia
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Binomial name | |
Micrarionta opuntia Roth, 1975
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Micrarionta opuntia, known as the prickly pear island snail, pricklypear islandsnail, or prickly pear snail, is a species of land snail in the family Xanthonychidae. [1] [2] [3] It is endemic to California, first formally described in 1975. [4]
The type locality is northeastern San Nicolas Island, at the base of a prickly pear ( Opuntia littoralis), in a small depression. [4] It reaches around 10.5 mm (13⁄32 in) in diameter. [4]