Helicina rostrata

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

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

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. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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