Nesovitrea binneyana
Nesovitrea binneyana, common name the blue glass snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
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| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Nesovitrea binneyana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Subfamily: | Godwiniinae |
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| Species: | N. binneyana |
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| Nesovitrea binneyana (E. S. Morse, 1864) | |
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Vitrea binneyana | |
This species is named in honor of the American malacologist William G. Binney. It lives in environments under rocks and logs, with leaf litter present and can be found both inland and in coastal areas.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in North America.
References
- "Terrestrial Gastropods of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia". royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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