Cecilioides nyctelia

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Cecilioides nyctelia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Ferussaciidae
Genus: Cecilioides
Species:
C. nyctelia
Binomial name
Cecilioides nyctelia
(Bourguignat, 1856)

Cecilioides nyctelia is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Cecilioides nyctelia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T4090A10373318. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4090A10373318.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.