Ordtrachia elegans

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Ordtrachia elegans
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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O. elegans
Binomial name
Ordtrachia elegans
Solem, 1988

Ordtrachia elegans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.

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References

  1. Slack-Smith, S. (1996). "Ordtrachia elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T15450A4586845. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15450A4586845.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.