Overview
[ Back to top ]
Interesting Facts
[ Back to top ]
Common Names
[ Back to top ]
Common Names in English:
Avalon Islandsnail
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
)
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Eupulmonata
(
)
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
)
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
)
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Helminthoglyptidae
(
)
- Pilsbry, 1939
- Genus:
Micrarionta
(
)
- Ancey, 1880
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
)
- Specific name:
beatula
- Cockerell, 1929
- Scientific name: - Micrarionta beatula Cockerell, 1929
- Specific name:
beatula
- Cockerell, 1929
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
- Genus:
Micrarionta
(
- Family:
Helminthoglyptidae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Eupulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Micrarionta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. beatula (Avalon Islandsnail) · M. facta (Concentrated Snail) · M. feralis (Fraternal Snail) · M. gabbii (Gabb's Snail) · M. opuntia (Prickly Pear Island Snail) · M. rufocincta (Santa Catalina Islandsnail)
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
[ Back to top ]
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 145, p. 146, p. 148.
Notes
[ Back to top ]
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2690943
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567892
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13735832
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567892
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 461592
