Trochoidea spratti
Appearance
Trochoidea spratti | |
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Shell of Trochoidea spratti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Trochoidea |
Species: | T. spratti
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Binomial name | |
Trochoidea spratti Pfeiffer, 1846
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Synonyms | |
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Trochoidea spratti is a species of air-breathing land snail,[1] a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]
- Subspecies
- Trochoidea spratti calcarata (Benoit, 1860)
- Trochoidea spratti spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Distribution
This species is endemic to Malta.
References
- ^ Species in genus Trochoidea. AnimalBase, accessed 18 October 2012.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050655 on 2022-08-05
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
- Malta's unique land snails
- Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer
- Pfeiffer L. (1847-1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen primum. (1): 1–160
- Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII
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