Lampedusa imitatrix

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Lampedusa imitatrix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Lampedusa
Species:
L. imitatrix
Binomial name
Lampedusa imitatrix
(Boettger, 1879)

Lampedusa imitatrix (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

This species is endemic to Malta. The population on the islet of Filfla might be a subspecies or a species in its own right. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Schembri, P.J. (2017). "Lampedusa imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T170833A86101909. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170833A86101909.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.