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Plain cactus snail

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Plain cactus snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Xerarionta
Species:
X. intercisa
Binomial name
Xerarionta intercisa
(W.G. Binney, 1857)

The plain cactus snail, scientific name Xerarionta intercisa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Xerarionta intercisa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T23138A9418008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T23138A9418008.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.