Micractaeon

Micractaeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
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]

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

References

• Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
• Bruggen, A. C. van; de Winter, A. J. (1995). "Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?)" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen . 69 (7): 79–92.
• Schileyko, A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4". Ruthenica, Supplement. 2 (4): 435–564. ISSN   0136-0027.
• Verdcourt, B. (1993). "A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 121 (1–6): 82.
• Wronski, T.; Hausdorf, B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 76 (1): 87–100. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyp048 .