Thyrophorella
Thyrophorella is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]
| Thyrophorella thomensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Subfamily: | Thyrophorellinae Girard, 1895 |
| Genus: | Thyrophorella Greeff, 1882[1] |
| Species: | T. thomensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyrophorella thomensis Greeff, 1882 | |
Thyrophorella is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Thyrophorellinae, and is also itself monotypic. It is represented by the single species, Thyrophorella thomensis, which is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.[3]
References
- Greeff R. (1882). "Über die Landschenckenfauna der Insel Săo Thomé". Zoologischer Anzeiger 5: 516-521. page 517.
- 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.
- Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Thyrophorella thomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21876A9334452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21876A9334452.en.
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