Lampedusa imitatrix
Lampedusa imitatrix | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Genus: | Lampedusa |
Species: | L. imitatrix |
Binomial name | |
Lampedusa imitatrix (Boettger, 1879) |
Lampedusa imitatrix (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to Malta. The population on the islet of Filfla might be a subspecies or a species in its own right.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schembri, P.J. (2017). "Lampedusa imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170833A86101909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170833A86101909.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.