Biology:Cylindrovertilla kingi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cylindrovertilla kingi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vertiginidae
Genus: Cylindrovertilla
Species:
C. kingi
Binomial name
Cylindrovertilla kingi
(Cox, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Pupa kingi Cox, 1864
  • Pupa mastersi Cox, 1864
  • Wallivertilla kingi negata Iredale, 1940

Cylindrovertilla kingi, common name King's amber pupasnail, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

Distribution

This terrestrial species is endemic to Australia.and occurs in New South Wales and Queensland

References

  • Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp.
  • Iredale, T. 1940. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Australian Naturalist 10: 227-236
  • Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252
  • Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4847496 entry