Ashmunella todseni

Ashmunella todseni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Polygyridae
Genus:	Ashmunella
Species:	A. todseni
Binomial name
	Ashmunella todseni; Metcalf & Smartt 1977

Ashmunella todseni 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 May 24, 1975^[1] from talus accumulation of igneous rock on the east side of the east branch of Maple Canyon. It is deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340726.^[1]

Paratypes[edit]

Paratypes are deposited at

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ANSP 340727
DelMNH 106683
UA 6217
DMNH 4534
National Museum of Natural History USNM 758528
University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections UTEP:ES:4476, UTEP:ES:4744 and UTEP:ES:4746^[1]

Distribution[edit]

The species has only been collected from Maple and Texas canyons in the northeastern part of the Organ Mountains.^[1]

Etymology[edit]

The species is named in honor of Dr. Thomas K. Todsen.^[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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