Karok hesperion

Karok hesperion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Vespericola
Species: V. karokorum
Binomial name
Vespericola karokorum
Talmadge, 1962

The Karok hesperion also known as the Karok Indian snail, scientific name Vespericola karokorum, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Vespericola karokorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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