Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail

Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail
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: Inflectarius
Species: I. magazinensis
Binomial name
Inflectarius magazinensis
(Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907)
Synonyms

Mesodon magazinensis Pilsbry & Ferris, 1907

The Magazine Mountain middle-toothed snail also known as the Magazine Mountain shagreen, scientific name Inflectarius magazinensis, is a species of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Arkansas in the United States. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Conservation Efforts

The Magazine Mountain shagreen was listed as threatened on April 17, 1989.[2] Thanks to efforts from the U.S. Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, the snail was removed from the endangered list in May of 2013.[3] The shagreen is the first invertebrate ever removed from the federal endangered species list.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Inflectarius magazinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
  2. ↑ http://www.fws.gov/ecos/ajax/docs/action_plans/doc3099.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/57b27e225a8c4fe19230dddf14f0df63/AR--Arkansas-Snail-Ceremony
  4. ↑ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/57b27e225a8c4fe19230dddf14f0df63/AR--Arkansas-Snail-Ceremony


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