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Sheldonia fuscicolor

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Sheldonia fuscicolor
A live individual of Sheldonia fuscicolor
not in the IUCN Red List[1]
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S. fuscicolor
Binomial name
Sheldonia fuscicolor
Synonyms[3]

Vitrina fuscicolor Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892
Kerkophorus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)

Sheldonia fuscicolor, common name the montane tail-wagger snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Urocyclidae.

The distribution of this species includes South Africa.[4]

References

  1. ^ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ Melvill J. C. & Ponsonby (1892). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History p. 240, plate 13, figure 10.
  3. ^ Connolly M. (1939). "Monographic Survey of South-African Non-marine Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660; pls. 1-19. pages 141-142.
  4. ^ Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082