Thapsia troglodytes

Thapsia troglodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Thapsia
Species: T. troglodytes
Binomial name
Thapsia troglodytes
(Morelet, 1848)[1]
Synonyms

Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848

Thapsia troglodytes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae.

Thapsia troglodytes is the type species of the genus Thaspia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Morelet A. (1848). "Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia". Revue Zoologique 1848: 351-355.
  2. ↑ Winter A.J. de (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82.


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