Gastrocopta armifera

Gastrocopta armifera
An apertural view of a shell of Gastrocopta armifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Gastrocoptidae
Genus:	Gastrocopta
Species:	G. armifera
Binomial name
Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821)
Synonyms
Bifidaria armifera

Gastrocopta armifera, the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in Canada in Alberta (at Red Deer), and Manitoba (at Brandon).^[1]

References

1. Dall W. H. 1905. Alaska, Volume XIII, Land and Fresh Water Mollusks. New York, Daubleday, Page & Complany, pages 1-157, page 27.