Biology:Conturbatia
Conturbatia is a genus of air-breathing land snail in the family Streptaxidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Conturbatia crenata in the family Streptaxidae.[1][2] It is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
Conturbatia crenata is possibly extinct.[1] The last record of this species alive was in 2000.[1] It is thought, that the population of Conturbatia crenata has been poisoned with rodenticide Brodifacoum in 2000.[1] But the investigation from 2011 to 2021 showed that Conturbatia crenata still exists on Frégate Island.[3]
Distribution
Conturbatia crenata is endemic to the Frégate Island in the Seychelles.[1]
Description
Conturbatia crenata has reduced radula.[2]
Ecology
Conturbatia crenata lives in woodland areas with Pterocarpus indicus, also known as the New Guinea Rosewood tree.[2] It inhabits leaf litter and habitats with dead wood.[1]
Conturbatia crenata feeds on carrion.[2]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGerlach 2001 - ↑ Imperturbatia griffithsi n. sp. and new records for Careoradula perelegans (E. von Martens, 1898) in Seychelles (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae), January 2024Journal of Conchology 45(2):234-238, DOI:10.61733/jconch/4522
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