Omphalotropis hieroglyphica

Omphalotropis hieroglyphica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Omphalotropis
Species: O. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Omphalotropis hieroglyphica
Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Omphalotropis hieroglyphica is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius.

References

  1. Griffiths O. (1996). Omphalotropis hieroglyphica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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