Pupisoma orcula
| Pupisoma orcula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Valloniidae |
| Genus: | Pupisoma |
| Subgenus: | Ptychopatula |
| Species: | P. orcula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pupisoma orcula (Benson, 1850) | |
Pupisoma orcula is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.[2]
This species is endemic to Micronesia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species is endemic to Micronesia, but one broken specimen was found in Afghanistan in 1979.[3]
References
- ↑ Seddon M. B. (2000). Pupisoma orcula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Seddon M. B. (2000). Pupisoma orcula. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 5 April 2011.
- ↑
Solem A. (1979) "Some mollusks from Afghanistan". Fieldiana Zoology new series 1: 1-89. Page 13-14.
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