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Cryptomastix germana (Gould in A. Binney, 1851)
Pygmy Oregonian
Family: Polygyridae
Species account author: Robert Forsyth.

Photograph

© Robert Forsyth     (Photo ID #6396)

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Distribution of Cryptomastix germana in British Columbia in British Columbia

Species Information

Shell

small, heliciform, brown, with growth wrinkles; periostracum usually hairy in adults as well as young; aperture with a long, curved parietal denticle; lip expanded but not much thickened.

Habitat


Forests

Distribution


NW North America

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)
COSEWIC
NativeS4YellowNot Listed



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Synonyms and Alternate Names

Triodopsis germana

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