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Malarinia calcopercula

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Species of gastropod

Malarinia calcopercula
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Malarinia
Species: M. calcopercula
Binomial name
Malarinia calcopercula
Emberton, 1994
Synonyms
  • Hainesia crocea (Sowerby, 1847)
  • Malarinia sp. 1 (Emberton et al., 1996), (Emberton, 1997)

Malarinia calcopercula is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

Distribution

This land snail is endemic to Madagascar.

Habitat

This species lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. Emberton, K.C. (2000). "Malarinia calcopercula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40078A10300516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40078A10300516.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Malarinia calcopercula


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