Micractaeon

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]

Micractaeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999[1]
Genus: Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993[2]
Species:
M. koptawelilensis
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.[3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae,[4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.[4]

Distribution

The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia,[3] Uganda,[5] Kenya[5] and Tanzania.[5]

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.[3]

Description

The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]

Ecology

Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Schileyko 1999, pp. 435–564.
  2. Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
  3. Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79–92.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. Wronski & Hausdorf 2010, pp. 87–100.

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