Strange many-whorled land snail

Strange many-whorled land snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Millerelix
Species:
M. peregrina
Binomial name
Millerelix peregrina
(Rehder, 1932)

Millerelix peregrina (syn. Polygyra peregrina) is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. It is known by the common names strange many-whorled land snail[1] and white liptooth.[2] It is endemic to Arkansas in the United States, where it is found in Izard, Marion, Stone, Newton, and Searcy County in the Ozark Mountains. It occurs in dolomite cliff habitat.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Polygyra peregrina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 08 September 2014.
  2. ^ Arkansas Endangered, Threatened, and Species of Special Concern. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. October 2, 2013.


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