Cylindrovertilla kingi

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.

Cylindrovertilla kingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Distribution

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

References

  1. Ponder, W.F.; Stanisic, J. (1996). "Cylindrovertilla kingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6066A12381943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6066A12381943.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • 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.


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