Biology:Acavus superbus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Acavus superbus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Heterobranchia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Stylommatophora |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Sigmurethra |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Acavidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Acavus |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">A. superbus |
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| 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
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
- ↑ 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. http://www.ybasrilanka.org/2011/01/land-snails-of-sri-lanka.html. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21232037 entry
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