Cryptella canariensis

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Cryptella canariensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Cryptella
Species:
C. canariensis
Binomial name
Cryptella canariensis
Webb & Berthelot, 1833 [2]
Synonyms

Parmacella canariensis(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)

Cryptella canariensis [3] is a species of terrestrial semislug with a small shell in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis. [1] [4] [5]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to the Canary Islands. [1] [4]

Shell of Cryptella canariensis. Cryptella canariensis 01.JPG
Shell of Cryptella canariensis.

Description

The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the mantle and on the sides, mantle length 55% of body. [5] The animal grows up to 40 mm long. [5]

The shell has a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex. [5]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [5]

  1. 1 2 3 Groh, K. (2017). "Cryptella canariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T171639A1329253. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171639A1329253.en . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1833) "Synopsis molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium quas in itineribus per insulas Canarias observarunt". Annales des Sciences Naturelles , Paris. 28: 307-326.
  3. "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833". Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Cryptella canariensis P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot, 1833". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.