Cyclosurus mariei

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Cyclosurus mariei
FMIB 48657 Example of a shell whose apical whorls alone are coiled, and the remainder produced in a regular curve (Cyclosurus mariei Morel.jpeg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Subfamily: Cyclophorinae
Tribe: Cyclophorini
Genus: Cyclosurus
Morelet, 1881
Species:
C. mariei
Binomial name
Cyclosurus mariei
Morelet, 1881 [2]

Cyclosurus mariei is an extinct species of small, air-breathing, land snails with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cyclophoridae.

This species was endemic to Mayotte. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; von Cosel, R. (1996). "Cyclosurus mariei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T6025A12334445. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6025A12334445.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Morelet, A. (1881). Malacologie des Comores. Récolte de M. Marie à l'île Mayotte. Journal de Conchyliologie. 29 (3): 212–241, pls 9–10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856291 page(s): 238, pl. 10, fig. 8