Granulated Tasmanian snail

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Granulated Tasmanian snail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Caryodidae
Genus: Anoglypta
Species:
A. launcestonensis
Binomial name
Anoglypta launcestonensis
(Reeve, 1853) [2]
Synonyms

Helix launcestonensisReeve, 1853

The granulated Tasmanian snail (Anoglypta launcestonensis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Caryodidae. The specific epithet launcestonensis references Launceston, Tasmania. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Bonham, K. (2007). "Anoglypta launcestonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T1317A3417537. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T1317A3417537.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Reeve, Lovell (1853). "Monograph of the genus Helix". Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 7. Sp.968.


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