Caseolus calvus

Caseolus calvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Caseolus
Subgenus: Caseolus
Species: C. calvus
Binomial name
Caseolus calvus
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Caseolus calvus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Subspecies

  • Caseolus calvus calvus (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
  • Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862)

The subspecies Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) endemic to Madeira is globally extinct.[1]

Distribution

This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.

References

  1. Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.


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