Dlinza Forest pinwheel
| Dlinza Forest pinwheel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Trachycystis |
| Species: | T. clifdeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932 | |
The Dlinza Forest pinwheel, scientific name Trachycystis clifdeni, is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The common name is a reference to the Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve.
References
- ↑ Herbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis clifdeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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