Common name of Fontigens proserpina
 
Common Name Proserpine cavesnail
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier person (eponym)
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'. 'Proserpine', i.e., 'Persephone', daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
 
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