Afripupa rodriguezensis

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Afripupa rodriguezensis
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
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A. rodriguezensis
Binomial name
Afripupa rodriguezensis
(Connolly, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Nesopupa (Afripupa) rodriguezensisConnolly, 1925 (superseded combination)
  • Nesopupa rodriguezensisConnolly, 1925 (original combination)

Afripupa rodriguezensis is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. [2]

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

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References

  1. Griffiths O. (1996). Nesopupa rodriguezensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Afripupa rodriguezensis (Connolly, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305149 on 2021-09-30