• Source: Franklin Mountain talus snail

The Franklin Mountain talus snail, scientific name Sonorella metcalfi, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helminthoglyptinae. This species is endemic to the United States.
The name "talus snail" refers to the fact that snails in this genus live on and in talus. This species is named after the Franklin Mountains in Texas.
The specific name metcalfi honors the American Malacologist Artie L. Metcalf




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• Franklin Mountain talus snail
• Franklin Mountain woodland snail
• Castner Range National Monument
• List of near threatened molluscs
• Sonorella
• Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
• List of near threatened invertebrates
• Bayshore Blufflands State Natural Area
• Copper Culture State Park
• Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area