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Haplotrema minimum

Haplotrema minimum, also known as the California lancetooth snail, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail in the family Haplotrematidae. It is found in California. Haplotrema minimum eats other snails, slugs, and plant material.

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Haplotrema minimum
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Haplotrematidae
Genus: Haplotrema
Species:
H. minimum
Binomial name
Haplotrema minimum
(Ancey, 1888)
Synonyms2
  • Haplotrema (Ancomena) minimum (Ancey, 1888)
  • Selenites concavus var. occidentalis Hemphill, 1892
  • Selenites vancouverensis var. tenuis Hemphill, 1892
  • Selenites vellicata var. minima Ancey, 1888

Haplotrema minimum, also known as the California lancetooth snail, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail in the family Haplotrematidae. It is found in California.1 Haplotrema minimum eats other snails, slugs, and plant material.3

References

References

  1. NatureServe. "Haplotrema minimum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  2. "Haplotrema minimum". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. Ellis, Michael (2008). "Ask the Naturalist". Bay Nature. 8 (1): 37 – via Academic Search Complete.