Allopeas gracile

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Allopeas gracile
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Allopeas
Species:
A. gracile
Binomial name
Allopeas gracile
(Hutton, 1834)
Synonyms

Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834)

Allopeas gracile, common name the graceful awlsnail, [1] is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. [2]

Distribution

Allopeas gracile occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics worldwide. [3]

It is also found living in greenhouses in other areas, as a "hothouse exotic".

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference. [3]

  1. ↑ "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017. . World Register of Marine Species , Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Cook Islands Biodiversity : Allopeas gracile - Graceful Awlsnail".
  5. ↑ Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.70.762.


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