Napaeus barquini

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Napaeus barquini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Napaeus
Species:
N. barquini
Binomial name
Napaeus barquini
Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006 [1]

Napaeus barquini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to La Gomera in the Canary Islands. [2]

Ecology

Napaeus barquini lives on open rocks. [2]

Napaeus barquini actively adds lichens to its shell as a camouflage. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Alonso M. R., Goodacre S. L., Emerson B. C., Ibáñez M., Hutterer R. & Groh K. (2006). "Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 169-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00670.x.
  2. 1 2 3 Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, Napaeus (N.) barquini Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Zoological Science 24(9): 869-876. doi : 10.2108/zsj.24.869.
  3. Tuebingen University (2007, October 31). "Snails As Clever Builders: Active Camouflage In A Snail". ScienceDaily. Accessed October 8, 2010.