Afristreptaxis vosseleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Streptaxidae |
Genus: | Afristreptaxis |
Species: | A. vosseleri |
Binomial name | |
Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele) | |
Synonyms | |
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Afristreptaxis vosseleri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. [2]
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