Domunculifex littorinella

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Domunculifex littorinella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Tribe: Geomitrini
Genus: Domunculifex
Species:
D. littorinella
Binomial name
Domunculifex littorinella
Mabille, 1883
Synonyms
  • Actinella effugiens (Waldén, 1983) [1]
  • Actinella (Plebecula) littorinella(J. Mabille, 1883) (superseded generic combination)
  • Actinella littorinella(J. Mabille, 1883) (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix (Helicella) luridaR. T. Lowe, 1831 (invalid: junior homonym of Helix...)
  • Helix littorinellaJ. Mabille, 1883 (original name)

Domunculifex littorinella is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2]

It is endemic to Madeira, Portugal. [3] It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. Actinella effugiens, Encyclopedia of Life
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Domunculifex littorinella (Mabille, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464124 on 2022-07-21
  3. M.B. Seddon (2010). "Actinella littorinella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2018.