Cryptella canariensis

Cryptella canariensis
Cryptella canariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily: Parmacelloidea
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Cryptella
Species: C. canariensis
Binomial name
Cryptella canariensis
Webb & Berthelot, 1833[1]
Synonyms

Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)

Cryptella canariensis[2] is a species of air-breathing land slug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.[3]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Description

The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the mantle and on the sides, mantle length 55 % of body.[3] Animal up to 40 mm long.[3]

Shell with a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [3].

  1. ^ Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1833) "Synopsis molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium quas in itineribus per insulas Canarias observarunt". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 28: 307-326.
  2. ^ "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833". Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

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