Conturbatia

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Conturbatia
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Conturbatia
Gerlach, 2001 [2]
Species:
C. crenata
Binomial name
Conturbatia crenata
Gerlach, 2001 [2]

Conturbatia is a genus of air-breathing land snail in the family Streptaxidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Conturbatia crenata in the family Streptaxidae. [1] [2] It is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.

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Conturbatia crenata is possibly extinct. [1] The last record of this species alive was in 2000. [1] It is thought, that the population of Conturbatia crenata has been poisoned with rodenticide Brodifacoum in 2000. [1]

Distribution

Conturbatia crenata is endemic to the Frégate Island in the Seychelles. [1]

Description

Conturbatia crenata has reduced radula. [2]

Ecology

Conturbatia crenata lives in woodland areas with Pterocarpus indicus , also known as the New Guinea Rosewood tree. [2] It inhabits leaf litter and habitats with dead wood. [1]

Conturbatia crenata feeds on carrion. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gerlach, J. (2009). "Conturbatia crenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T168141A6458885. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168141A6458885.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.


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