Lampedusa melitensis
Lampedusa melitensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Clausilioidea |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Genus: | Lampedusa |
Species: | L. melitensis |
Binomial name | |
Lampedusa melitensis (Caruana Gatto, 1892) | |
Synonyms | |
Clausilia melitensis Caruana Gatto, 1892 |
Lampedusa melitensis (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to Malta and only known from a single locality on the western coastal cliffs.[1]
References
- 1 2 Schembri, P.J. (201). "Lampedusa melitensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T11205A15000080. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
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