Caseolus sphaerulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Caseolus |
Species: | C. sphaerulus |
Binomial name | |
Caseolus sphaerulus R.T. Lowe, 1852 | |
Caseolus sphaerulys is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
The specific epithet is spelled sphaerulus in both of the references here cited, however the species is also often referred to as C. sphaerula, for example in the Convention of Berne and the Habitats Directive. The species was named as Helix (Caseolus) sphaerula. In Latin,"sphaerula" is a noun meaning "little sphere", so it does not change ending.
This species of land snail lives in Madeira on dry, stony ground. [1]
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