''Ashmunella harrisi'' is a

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of air-breathing

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, a

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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in the family

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Type specimens

Holotype

The holotype was collected on April 11, 1975 from limestone talus on the north-facing wall of a canyon indenting the East side of Goat Mountain. It is deposited at the

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ANSP 340724.

Paratypes

Paratypes are deposited at *

ANSP 340725 * DelMNH 106682 * DMNH 4535 *

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USNM 758527 *

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Distribution

Known from two canyons on the east side of Goat Mountain in the southeastern part of the

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Etymology

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

References

Polygyridae Gastropods described in 1977 {{Polygyridae-stub