Lampedusa imitatrix
| Lampedusa imitatrix | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Clausilioidea |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Lampedusa |
| Species: | L. imitatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampedusa imitatrix (Boettger, 1879) | |
Lampedusa imitatrix (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to Malta. The population on the islet of Filfla might be a subspecies or a species in its own right.[1]
References
- 1 2 Schembri, P.J. (2012). "Lampedusa imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T170833A1317252. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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