Micrarionta gabbii

Gabb's snail
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae
Genus: Micrarionta
Species:
M. gabbii
Binomial name
Micrarionta gabbii
(Newcomb, 1864)
Synonyms[3]
  • Helix gabbii Newcomb, 1864
  • Micrarionta gabbii maxima Pilsbry, 1939

Micrarionta gabbii, the San Clemente Island snail or Gabb's snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. โ†‘ Roth, B. (2000). "Micrarionta gabbii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T13301A3540007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13301A3540007.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. โ†‘ NatureServe. "Micrarionta gabbii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  3. โ†‘ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Micrarionta gabbii (Newcomb, 1864)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 May 2026.