Ammonitella yatesii

Ammonitella yatesii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Megomphicidae
Genus: Ammonitella
Species:
A. yatesii
Binomial name
Ammonitella yatesii
J.G. Cooper, 1869

Ammonitella yatesii, the tight coin, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Megomphicidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The shell in this species is very tightly coiled, hence the common name.

References

  1. ^ Roth, B. (1996). "Ammonitella yatesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1146A3279930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1146A3279930.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.