Ashmunella harrisi
| Ashmunella harrisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Ashmunella |
| Species: | A. harrisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ashmunella harrisi | |
Ashmunella harrisi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.
Type specimens[edit]
Holotype[edit]
The holotype was collected on April 11, 1975[1] from limestone talus on the north-facing wall of a canyon indenting the East side of Goat Mountain. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340724.[1]
Paratypes[edit]
Paratypes are deposited at
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340725
- DelMNH 106682
- DMNH 4535
- National Museum of Natural History USNM 758527
- University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections UTEP:ES:3139 and UTEP:ES:4413[1]
Distribution[edit]
Known from two canyons on the east side of Goat Mountain in the southeastern part of the San Andres Mountains.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The species is named in honor of Dr. Arthur H. Harris, who first collected the species.[1]
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