Armsia petasus
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Armsia petasus is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae
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This species is endemic to the United States
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Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae
Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea....
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This species is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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