Shasta sideband

Shasta sideband
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Monadeniidae
Genus: Monadenia
Species: M. troglodytes
Binomial name
Monadenia troglodytes
Hanna & Smith, 1933

The Shasta sideband, scientific name Monadenia troglodytes, is a species of gastropod in the family Monadeniidae. This species is endemic to Northern California in the United States. It is very rare, known from only nine locations around Shasta Lake, California. It is threatened by a variety of activities, but none of its sites are protected. The USFWS recently determined that it may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act due to threats to its habitat from the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.

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