Cylindrovertilla kingi

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Cylindrovertilla kingi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Genus: Cylindrovertilla
Species:
C. kingi
Binomial name
Cylindrovertilla kingi
(Cox, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Pupa kingiCox, 1864
  • Pupa mastersiCox, 1864
  • Wallivertilla kingi negataIredale, 1940

Cylindrovertilla kingi, common name King's amber pupasnail, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

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Distribution

This terrestrial species is endemic to Australia.and occurs in New South Wales and Queensland

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References

  1. Ponder, W.F.; Stanisic, J. (1996). "Cylindrovertilla kingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T6066A12381943. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6066A12381943.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.