Caseolus calvus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Caseolus |
Subgenus: | Caseolus |
Species: | C. calvus |
Binomial name | |
Caseolus calvus (R. T. Lowe, 1831) |
Caseolus calvus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
The subspecies Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) endemic to Madeira is globally extinct.[1]
This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.