Gastrocopta armifera

Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

Gastrocopta armifera
An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Gastrocoptinae
Genus:
Gastrocopta
Species:
G. armifera
Binomial name
Gastrocopta armifera
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms

Bifidaria armifera

Distribution

This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).[1]

References
  1. Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.


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