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Xerarionta stearnsiana

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Xanthonychidae

Xerarionta is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. Xerarionta are native to the pacific coast and islands of southern California and the Baja California peninsula, with the northernmost native population occurring on the Palos Verdes peninsula (possibly extirpated). Species The following species are recognised in the genus Xerarionta: Xerarionta agnesae (Kanakoff, 1950) Xerarionta areolata (L.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 200United States of America · 151

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Casey H. Richart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionXerarionta, Wikipedia contributors

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