Malarinia calcopercula

Malarinia calcopercula is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

Malarinia calcopercula

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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M. calcopercula
Binomial name
Malarinia calcopercula
Emberton, 1994
Synonyms
  • Hainesia crocea (Sowerby, 1847)
  • Malarinia sp. 1 (Emberton et al., 1996), (Emberton, 1997)

Distribution

This land snail is endemic to Madagascar.

Habitat

This species lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. Emberton K. C. (2000). Malarinia calcopercula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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