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Micrarionta opuntia
Micrarionta
opuntia
, known as the
prickly pear
island
snail
,
pricklypear
islandsnail
, or
prickly
pear
snail
, is a
species
of
land snail
in the
family
Xanthonychidae
. It is
endemic
to
California
, first
formally described
in
1975
.
The
type locality
is
northeastern
San Nicolas Island
, at the
base
of a prickly pear, in a small
depression
. It
reaches
around in
diameter
.