Ashmunella todseni

Ashmunella todseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Polygyridae
Genus:	Ashmunella
Species:	A. todseni
Binomial name
	Ashmunella todseni; Metcalf & Smartt 1977[1]

Ashmunella todseni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Type specimens

Holotype

The holotype was collected on May 24, 1975[1] from talus accumulation of igneous rock on the east side of the east branch of Maple Canyon. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340726.[1]

Paratypes

Paratypes are deposited at

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340727
DelMNH 106683
UA 6217
DMNH 4534
National Museum of Natural History USNM 758528
University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections UTEP:ES:4476, UTEP:ES:4744 and UTEP:ES:4746[1]

Distribution

The species has only been collected from Maple and Texas canyons in the northeastern part of the Organ Mountains.[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Dr. Thomas K. Todsen.[1]

References

Metcalf, Artie L. (1977). "Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 849–876. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[MetcalfandSmartt1977-1] Metcalf, Artie L. (1977). "Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 849–876. Retrieved 12 April 2020.