Micractaeon

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Micractaeon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999 [1]
Genus: Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993 [2]
Species:
M. koptawelilensis
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms [1] [3]
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [4]

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Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon. [3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae, [4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae.[ citation needed ] This family has no subfamilies. [4]

Distribution

The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia, [3] Uganda, [5] Kenya [5] and Tanzania. [5]

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya. [3]

Description

The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm. [3]

Ecology

Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests. [3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples. [3]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Schileyko 1999, pp. 435–564.
  2. Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79–92.
  4. 1 2 3 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  5. 1 2 3 Wronski & Hausdorf 2010, pp. 87–100.

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