Acroptychia aequivoca

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Acroptychia aequivoca
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Shell of Acroptychia aequivoca (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Acroptychia
Species:
A. aequivoca
Binomial name
Acroptychia aequivoca
(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Acroptychia manicataCrosse & P. Fischer, 1883 (junior synonym)
  • Anceyiella aequivoca(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Cyclostoma (Cyclophorus) aequivocumL. Pfeiffer, 1857 (basionym)

Acroptychia aequivoca is a species of land snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its major diameter 28 mm, the minimum diameter 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Madagascar.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acroptychia aequivoca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290662 on 2024-03-17