Malarinia calcopercula

Malarinia calcopercula
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
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

↑ Emberton K. C. (2000). Malarinia calcopercula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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