| Monadenia fidelis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Genus: | Monadenia |
| Species: | M. fidelis
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| Binomial name | |
| Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834)
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Monadenia fidelis, commonly known as the Pacific sideband, is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail. M. fidelis is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Monadeniidae.
These snails display a great deal of morphological variation: the shell of the Pacific sideband typically has a chestnut brown base, with bands of yellow, dark brown, and red. The body of the animal is rosy or purplish brown, with gray or black throughout.[1] This species of snail reproduces using love darts.[2] At 22 to 36 mm wide, it is the largest land snail species in the state of Washington.[3]
- ^ Brown, Darren; Durand, Ryan (December 20, 2007). "Habitat assessment of the Pacific sideband (Monadenia fidelis) in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia" (PDF). Fraser Valley Conservancy Society.
- ^ Porter, Clarence (May 15, 1964). "The morphology of the reproductive tracts of the Pacific Northwest pulmonates". Oregon State University.
- ^ "Monadenia fidelis". Evergreen Biota. The Evergreen State College. Retrieved 2007-06-24.