Lampedusa melitensis
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| Lampedusa melitensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Clausilioidea |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Lampedusa |
| Species: | L. melitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampedusa melitensis | |
Lampedusa melitensis is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to Malta.
References
- Schembri, P.J. 1996. Lampedusa melitensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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