Madeiran land snail | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Testudodiscula Brozzo, De Mattia, Harl & Neiber, 2020 |
Species: | T. testudinalis
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Binomial name | |
Testudodiscula testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
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Testudodiscula testudinalis a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.
This species is endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal.
The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
This species is critically endangered, as mentioned in annex IV of Habitats Directive.
Madeiran land snail | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Testudodiscula Brozzo, De Mattia, Harl & Neiber, 2020 |
Species: | T. testudinalis
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Binomial name | |
Testudodiscula testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
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Testudodiscula testudinalis a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.
This species is endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal.
The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
This species is critically endangered, as mentioned in annex IV of Habitats Directive.