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Dlinza Forest pinwheel
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Charopidae
Genus:	Trachycystis
Species:	T. clifdeni
Binomial name
Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932

The Dlinza Forest pinwheel (Trachycystis clifdeni) is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.

This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The common name is a reference to the Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve.

References

1. Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Trachycystis clifdeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44710A10938455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44710A10938455.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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