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Acavus superbus

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Acavus superbus
"Acavus superbus roseolabiatus"
Acavus superbus roseolabiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Acavus
Species:
A. superbus
Binomial name
Acavus superbus
Pfeiffer, 1854

Acavus superbus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.

Three subspecies recognized.[1]

Description

Acavus superbus has green colored shell and rose brown body.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is confined to wet zone of the country.

Subspecies

  • Acavus superbus grevillei
  • Acavus superbus roseolabiatus
  • Acavus superbus superbus

References

  1. ^ Hausdorf, Bernhard; Perera, Kalika K. (2000). "REVISION OF THE GENUS ACAVUS FROM SRI LANKA (GASTROPODA: ACAVIDAE)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (2). Journal of Molluscan Studies: 217–231. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.217. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 October 2016.