Micractaeon koptawelilensis
| Micractaeon koptawelilensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Micractaeonidae Schileyko, 1999[1] |
| Genus: | Micractaeon Verdcourt, 1993[2] |
| Binomial name | |
| Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934) | |
| Synonyms[1][3] | |
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Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]
Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.[3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae,[4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.[4]
Distribution
The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia,[3] Uganda,[5] Kenya[5] and Tanzania.[5]
The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.[3]
Description
The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]
Ecology
Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]
Footnotes
- 1 2 Schileyko 1999, pp. 435-564.
- ↑ Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79-92.
- 1 2 3 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 Wronski 2010, pp. 87-100.
References
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- Bruggen, A. C. van; de Winter, A. J. (1995). PDF "Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?)" Check
|url= - Schileyko, A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4". Ruthenica, Supplement (Moscow) 2 (4): 435–564. ISSN 0136-0027.
- Verdcourt, B. (1993). "A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 121 ((1-6)): 82.
- Wronski, T.; Hausdorf, B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76 (1): 87–100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.