Helicodiscus diadema, common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
| Helicodiscus diadema | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicodiscidae |
| Genus: | Helicodiscus |
| Species: | H. diadema
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| Binomial name | |
| Helicodiscus diadema Grimm, 1967
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Distribution edit
This species is found only in one small part of the state of Virginia, in the United States.
Conservation status edit
The survival of this species is "near endangered".
References edit
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Helicodiscus diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9801A13017927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9801A13017927.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.