Striosubulina striatella
Appearance
Striosubulina striatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Genus: | Subulina |
Species: | S. striatella
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Binomial name | |
Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)
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Synonyms | |
Subulina grandis Madge, 1938
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Striosubulina striatella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species is native to tropical West Africa. It is introduced in the Mascarene Islands: (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Griffiths Owen.L. & Florens Vincent F.B., Non-Marine Molluscs of the Mascarene Islands, Bioculture Press, Mauritius 2006, ISBN 99949-22-05-X
- Rowson, B., Warren, B.H. & Ngereza, C.F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. ZooKeys 70: 1–39.