Cookeconcha contorta
| Cookeconcha contorta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Cookeconcha |
| Species: | C. contorta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cookeconcha contorta (Férussac, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cookeconcha sp. (Férussac, 1825) | |
Cookeconcha contorta is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.
Distribution
This species is found only in Hawaii, and is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Cowie R. H. (2000) Cookeconcha contorta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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