Helicina rostrata

Helicina rostrata is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Helicina rostrata
Five shells of Helicina rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Subfamily:
Helicininae
Genus:
Helicina
Species:
H. rostrata
Binomial name
Helicina rostrata
Morelet, 1851

This is an endangered species.

Distribution

This land snail is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

References
  1. Perez A. M. (1996). Helicina rostrata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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