Actinella carinofausta

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Actinella carinofausta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Actinella
Species:
A. carinofausta
Binomial name
Actinella carinofausta
Waldén, 1983

Actinella carinofausta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Actinella carinofausta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T502A13056478. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T502A13056478.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.