Oxyloma haydeni explained

Oxyloma haydeni is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. A subspecies of this species is protected after having been recognized as Endangered.

Subspecies

• Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) - Niobrara ambersnail
• Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis (Pilsbry, 1948) - Kanab ambersnail an endangered subspecies http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=G01M

References

• US Fish & Wildlife Service info on the second subspecies