Lampedusa imitatrix
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.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | L. imitatrix |
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| Lampedusa imitatrix (Boettger, 1879) | |
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
- Schembri, P.J. (2012). "Lampedusa imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T170833A1317252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T170833A1317252.en.
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