Trachycystis placenta
| Trachycystis placenta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Trachycystis |
| Species: | T. placenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) | |
Trachycystis placenta is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Herbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis placenta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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