Spirorbula obtecta

Spirorbula obtecta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Spirorbula
Species:	S. obtecta
Binomial name
Spirorbula obtecta (Lowe, 1831)
Synonyms
Helix (Helicella) obtectaR. T. Lowe, 1831

Spirorbula obtecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. ^[2]

This species is endemic to Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. ^[1]

References

1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Spirorbula obtecta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T20648A9217403. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T20648A9217403.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula obtecta (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002478 on 2022-07-22

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: 16 July 2017.

External links

• Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge