Insular birddrop
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The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island
blunt-top snail (Sterkia clementina) is a species
of land snail, a gastropod in the Pupillidae
family. (Incorrectly placed within Chondrinidae in the 2006 IUCN Red List.)
This species is endemic to California
, the United States and it is critically imperilled.
San Clemente Island
San Clemente Island is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. It is owned and operated by the United States Navy, and is a part of Los Angeles County. Defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block Group 2 of Census Tract 5991 of Los Angeles County, California, it is long and...
blunt-top snail (Sterkia clementina) is a species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of land snail, a gastropod in the Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
family. (Incorrectly placed within Chondrinidae in the 2006 IUCN Red List.)
This species is endemic to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, the United States and it is critically imperilled.