Napaeus barquini
| Napaeus barquini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Enidae |
| Genus: | Napaeus |
| Species: | N. barquini
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| Binomial name | |
| Napaeus barquini Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006[1]
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Napaeus barquini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to La Gomera in the Canary Islands.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Napaeus barquini lives on open rocks.[2]
Napaeus barquini actively adds lichens to its shell as a camouflage.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Alonso M. R., Goodacre S. L., Emerson B. C., Ibáñez M., Hutterer R. & Groh K. (2006). "Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 169-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00670.x.
- ^ a b c Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, Napaeus (N.) barquini Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Zoological Science 24(9): 869-876. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.869.
- ^ Tuebingen University (2007, October 31). "Snails As Clever Builders: Active Camouflage In A Snail". ScienceDaily. Accessed October 8, 2010.
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