Strange many-whorled land snail | |
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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: | Millerelix |
Species: | M. peregrina |
Binomial name | |
Millerelix peregrina (Rehder, 1932) |
Millerelix peregrina (syn. Polygyra peregrina) is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. It is known by the common names strange many-whorled land snail and white liptooth. It is endemic to Arkansas in the United States, where it is found in five counties in the Ozark Mountains. It occurs in dolomite cliff habitat.