Pronesopupa acanthinula
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Pronesopupa acanthinula is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupillidae
. It is endemic to the United States
.
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 air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
. It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.