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Thapsia troglodytes

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Species of gastropod

Thapsia troglodytes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Urocyclidae
Genus: Thapsia
Species: T. troglodytes
Binomial name
Thapsia troglodytes
(Morelet, 1848)
Synonyms

Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848

Thapsia troglodytes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Urocyclidae.

Thapsia troglodytes is the type species of the genus Thaspia.

Distribution

This species occurs in Gabon.

References

  1. Morelet A. (1848). "Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia". Revue Zoologique 1848: 351-355.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia troglodytes (Morelet, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305360 on 2022-09-24
  3. Winter A.J. de (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82.
  • Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80: 161–168.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Thapsia troglodytes
Helix troglodytes


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