Allopeas gracile

Allopeas gracile, common name the graceful awlsnail,[1] is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[2]

Allopeas gracile
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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A. gracile
Binomial name
Allopeas gracile
(Hutton, 1834)
Synonyms

Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834)

Distribution

Allopeas gracile occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics worldwide.[3]

It is also found living in greenhouses in other areas, as a "hothouse exotic".

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[3]

  1. "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  2. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Cook Islands Biodiversity : Allopeas gracile - Graceful Awlsnail".
  5. Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.
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