Insular birddrop
| Insular birddrop | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Pupillidae |
| Genus: | Sterkia |
| Species: | S. clementina |
| Binomial name | |
| Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) | |
The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island blunt-top snail, scientific name Sterkia clementina, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pupillidae.[2] (Incorrectly placed within Chondrinidae in the 2006 IUCN Red List.)[1]
This species is endemic to the State of California, U.S.A. The survival of this species is "near threatened".[2]
References
- 1 2 Roth B. (1996). Sterkia clementina.2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
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