Dicharax biexcisus

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Dicharax biexcisus
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Shell of Dicharax biexcisus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Dicharax
Species:
D. biexcisus
Binomial name
Dicharax biexcisus
(H. A. Pilsbry, 1902)
Synonyms
List
  • Alycaeus biexcisusPilsbry, 1902
  • Chamalycaeus (Cipangocharax) biexcisus(Pilsbry, 1902)
  • Chamalycaeus biexcisus(Pilsbry, 1902)
  • Cipangocharax biexcisus(H. A. Pilsbry, 1902)

Dicharax biexcisus is a species of small tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Alycaeidae. [1]

This species is found throughout the Indo-Pacific. it was originally named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry as Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) biexcisus.

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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dicharax biexcisus (Pilsbry, 1902)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-11.