Vespericola armiger

Vespericola armiger
Three views of a shell of Vespericola armiger
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Vespericola
Species:
V. armiger
Binomial name
Vespericola armiger
(Ancey, 1881)
Synonyms[2]
  • Helix (Mesodon) columbiana var. armigera Ancey, 1881
  • Mesodon columbiana var. dentata Tryon, 1867
  • Vespericola armigera (Ancey, 1881)

Vespericola armiger, common name the Santa Cruz hesperian, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Polygyridae.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Vespericola armiger". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  2. ↑ 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.). "Vespericola armiger (Ancey, 1881)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 May 2026.