Wollastonaria oxytropis

Wollastonaria oxytropis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]

Wollastonaria oxytropis
Shell of Wollastonaria oxytropis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Wollastonaria
Species:
W. oxytropis
Binomial name
Wollastonaria oxytropis
(Lowe, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Discula oxytropis
  • Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831
  • Helix (Hystricella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831
  • Helix (Hystricella) oxytropis var. subcarinulata Wollaston, 1878
  • Hystricella oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · (superseded generic combination)
  • Hystricella oxytropis oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)
  • Wollastonia oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

References

  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Hystricella oxytropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6728A12801442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Wollastonaria oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340246 on 2022-07-21


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