Sonorella
| Sonorella | |
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| Sonorella allynsmithi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Subfamily: | Helminthoglyptinae |
| Genus: | Sonorella Pilsbry, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| Epiphragmorphora hachitana Dall, 1895
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Sonorella is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. They are known commonly as talussnails[2] or talus snails because most live in talus and similar habitat. They are distributed across the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. There are about 80 species.[3]
Species
Species include:[4]
- Sonorella allynsmithi – Phoenix talussnail
- Sonorella ambigua – Papago talussnail
- Sonorella anchana – Sierra Ancha talussnail, wreathed cactussnail
- Sonorella animasensis – Animas talussnail, bicolored cactussnail
- Sonorella apache – Apache talussnail
- Sonorella ashmuni – Richinbar talussnail
- Sonorella baboquivariensis – Baboquivari talussnail
- Sonorella bagnarai – Rincon talussnail
- Sonorella bartschi – Escabrosa talussnail
- Sonorella bequaerti – Happy Valley talussnail
- Sonorella bicipitis – Dos Cabezas talussnail
- Sonorella binneyi – Horseshoe Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella bowiensis – Quartzite Hill talussnail
- Sonorella bradshaveana – Bradshaw talussnail
- Sonorella caerulifluminis – blue talussnail
- Sonorella christenseni – Clark Peak talussnail
- Sonorella clappi – Madera talussnail
- Sonorella coloradoensis – Grand Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella coltoniana – Walnut Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella compar – Oak Creek talussnail
- Sonorella dalli – Garden Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella danielsi – Bear Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella delicata – Tollhouse Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella dragoonensis – Stronghold Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella eremita – San Xavier talussnail
- Sonorella ferrissi – Dragoon talussnail
- Sonorella franciscana – St. Francis talussnail
- Sonorella galiurensis – Galiuro talussnail
- Sonorella grahamensis – Pinaleno talussnail
- Sonorella granulatissima – Ramsey Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella hachitana – New Mexico talussnail (the type species[1])
- Sonorella huachucana – Huachuca talussnail
- Sonorella imitator – mimic talussnail
- Sonorella imperatrix – Total Wreck talussnail
- Sonorella imperialis – Empire Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella insignis – Whetstone talussnail
- Sonorella macrophallus – Wet Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella magdalenensis – Sonoran talussnail
- Sonorella meadi – Agua Dulce talussnail
- Sonorella metcalfi – Franklin Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella micra – pygmy talussnail
- Sonorella micromphala – Milk Ranch talussnail
- Sonorella milleri – Table Top talussnail
- Sonorella mustang – Mustang talussnail
- Sonorella neglecta – Portal talussnail
- Sonorella odorata – pungent talussnail
- Sonorella optata – Big Emigrant talussnail
- Sonorella orientis – Organ Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella papagorum – Black Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella parva – little talussnail
- Sonorella reederi – rampart talussnail
- Sonorella rinconensis – Posta Quemada talussnail
- Sonorella rooseveltiana – Roosevelt talussnail
- Sonorella russelli – Black Mesa talussnail
- Sonorella sabinoensis – Santa Catalina talussnail
- Sonorella santaritana – Agua Caliente talussnail
- Sonorella simmonsi – Picacho talussnail
- Sonorella sitiens – Las Guijas talussnail
- Sonorella superstitionis – Superstition Mountain talussnail
- Sonorella todseni – Doña Ana talussnail
- Sonorella tortillita – Tortolita talussnail
- Sonorella tryoniana – Sanford talussnail
- Sonorella vespertina – evening talussnail
- Sonorella virilis – Chiricahua talussnail
- Sonorella walkeri – Santa Rita talussnail
- Sonorella waltoni – Doubtful Canyon talussnail
- Sonorella xanthenes – Kitt Peak talussnail
References
- ^ a b Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "Sonorella, a new genus of helices". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1900: 556-560.
- ^ Talussnail. Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Government of Pima County, Arizona.
- ^ Object of the Month, November 2010: Talus Snails. Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Natural History. University of Colorado, Boulder.
- ^ Sonorella. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Further reading
- Pilsbry H. A. (1948). "Inland Mollusks of Northern Mexico. I. The genera Humboldtiana, Sonorella, Oreohelix and Ashmunella". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 100: 185–203.