Ashmunella harrisi

Ashmunella harrisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Polygyridae
Genus:	Ashmunella
Species:	A. harrisi
Binomial name
	Ashmunella harrisi; Metcalf & Smartt 1977

Ashmunella harrisi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.

Type Specimens[edit]

Holotype[edit]

The holotype was collected on April 11, 1975^[1] from limestone talus on the north-facing wall of a canyon indenting the East side of Goat Mountain. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340724.^[1]

Paratypes[edit]

Paratypes are deposited at

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340725
DelMNH 106682
DMNH 4535
National Museum of Natural History USNM 758527
University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections UTEP:ES:3139 and UTEP:ES:4413^[1]

Distribution[edit]

Known from two canyons on the east side of Goat Mountain in the southeastern part of the San Andres Mountains.^[1]

Etymology[edit]

The species is named in honor of Dr. Arthur H. Harris, who first collected the species.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Metcalf, Artie L. (1977). "Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 849–876. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[MetcalfandSmartt1977-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Metcalf, Artie L. (1977). "Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 849–876. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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