Hystricella bicarinata
Hystricella bicarinata | |
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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: | Hystricella |
Species: | H. bicarinata |
Binomial name | |
Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824) | |
Synonyms | |
Discula bicarinata |
Hystricella bicarinata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Two subspecies are recognised, one extant and one known only as a fossil.
This species is endemic to Madeira,on the island of Porto Santo in Portugal. They are terrestrial and are found under rocks in grasslands. They have a very limited range, confined to about ten square kilometers but are abundant within that area.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Discula bicarinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Hystricella bicarinata". In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 June 2010.
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