Malarinia calcopercula

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Malarinia calcopercula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Malarinia
Species:
M. calcopercula
Binomial name
Malarinia calcopercula
Emberton, 1994
Synonyms
  • Hainesia crocea (Sowerby, 1847)
  • Malarinia sp. 1 (Emberton et al., 1996), (Emberton, 1997)

Malarinia calcopercula is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

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Distribution

This land snail is endemic to Madagascar.

Habitat

This species lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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References

  1. Emberton, K.C. (2000). "Malarinia calcopercula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T40078A10300516. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40078A10300516.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.