Biology:Afristreptaxis vosseleri

Short description: Species of gastropod

Afristreptaxis vosseleri
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Afristreptaxis
Species:	A. vosseleri
Binomial name
Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele)
Synonyms
Gonaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination) Streptaxis vosseleri Thiele, 1911 (original combination)

Afristreptaxis vosseleri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

This species is endemic to Tanzania.

References

• Thiele. J. (1911). Mollusken der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908. Band III, Zoologie I. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Pp. 175–214 page(s): 185, pl. IV, fig. 27.

External links

• Rowson, B. (2010). Systematics and diversity of the Streptaxidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ph.D. thesis, University of Wales, Cardiff. Pp. i–vii + 1–307

Wikidata ☰ Q4847409 entry