Biology:Napaeus barquini

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Napaeus barquini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Eninae
Tribe:
Enini
Genus:
Subgenus:
Napaeus
Species:
N. barquini
Binomial name
Napaeus barquini
Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006[1]

Napaeus barquini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to La Gomera in the Canary Islands.[2]

Ecology

Napaeus barquini lives on open rocks.[2]

Napaeus barquini actively adds lichens to its shell as a camouflage.[2][3]

References

  1. Alonso M. R., Goodacre S. L., Emerson B. C., Ibáñez M., Hutterer R. & Groh K. (2006). "Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 169-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00670.x.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, Napaeus (N.) barquini Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Zoological Science 24(9): 869-876. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.869.
  3. Tuebingen University (2007, October 31). "Snails As Clever Builders: Active Camouflage In A Snail". ScienceDaily. Accessed October 8, 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q6964807 entry