Thapsia troglodytes
| Thapsia troglodytes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Genus: | Thapsia |
| Species: | T. troglodytes |
| Binomial name | |
| Thapsia troglodytes (Morelet, 1848)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848 | |
Thapsia troglodytes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae.
Thapsia troglodytes is the type species of the genus Thaspia.[2]
References
- ↑ Morelet A. (1848). "Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia". Revue Zoologique 1848: 351-355.
- ↑ Winter A.J. de (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 82.
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