Acavus superbus
Appearance
Acavus superbus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Informal group: | Sigmurethra |
Family: | Acavidae |
Genus: | Acavus |
Species: | A. superbus
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Binomial name | |
Acavus superbus Pfeiffer, 1854
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Acavus superbus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.
Three subspecies recognized.[1]
Description
[edit]Acavus superbus has green colored shell and rose brown body.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is confined to wet zone of the country.
Subspecies
[edit]- Acavus superbus grevillei
- Acavus superbus roseolabiatus
- Acavus superbus superbus
References
[edit]- ^ Hausdorf, Bernhard; Perera, Kalika K. (2000). "Revision of the Genus Acavus from Sri Lanka (Gastropoda: Acavidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (2): 217–231. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.217.
- ^ "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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