Taheitia parvula

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

Taheitia parvula 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 parvula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T21337A9271939. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21337A9271939.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.