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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