Trochomorpha apia

Trochomorpha apia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trochomorphidae. [2]

Trochomorpha apia
Shell of Trochomorpha apia (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trochomorphidae
Genus: Trochomorpha
Species:
T. apia
Binomial name
Trochomorpha apia
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Helix apia Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847 (original combination)
  • Trochomorpha (Ludificator) apia (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847) · alternate representation
  • Trochomorpha (Videna) subtrochiformis (Mousson, 1869) junior subjective synonym
  • Trochomorpha subtrochiformis Mousson, 1869 (junior synonym)

Distribution

This species is endemic to American Samoa and Vanuatu.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Trochomorpha apia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22256A9368696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22256A9368696.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochomorpha apia (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306884 on 2022-10-26


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