Taheitia lamellicosta

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Taheitia lamellicosta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: Taheitia
Species:
T. lamellicosta
Binomial name
Taheitia lamellicosta

Taheitia lamellicosta is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam.

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Taheitia lamellicosta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T21335A9271845. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21335A9271845.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.