Gastrocopta armifera

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Gastrocopta armifera
An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera
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G. armifera
Binomial name
Gastrocopta armifera
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms

Bifidaria armifera

Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.