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Vallonia gracilicosta

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Vallonia gracilicosta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Species:
V. gracilicosta
Binomial name
Vallonia gracilicosta
(Reinhardt, 1883)
Synonyms

Vallonia sonorana Pilsbry, 1915

Vallonia gracilicosta, common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.[1]

Subspecies

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The subspecies, Vallonia gracilicosta albula, is an endangered species in the U.S. State of Michigan.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in:

  • Canada:[3] Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland Island, Nunavut, Ontario and Quebec.
  • United States of America:[3] Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois,[4] Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

References

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  1. ^ "ITIS Report". ITIS Report. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. ^ "Conservation Assessment for Vallonia Gracilicosta Albula" (PDF). Janet Kudell-Ekstrum. 2003.
  3. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  4. ^ Coppolino M.L. 2009. Land Snails of Southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Last updated 31 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.