Gastrocopta iheringi
| Gastrocopta iheringi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Gastrocoptinae |
| Genus: | Gastrocopta |
| Species: | G. iheringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pupa iheringi Suter, 1900 | |
Gastrocopta iheringi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
The specific name iheringi is in honor of the zoologist Hermann von Ihering, who collected the type specimen.[2]
Veitenheimer-Mendes & Oliveira redescribed the type material in 2012.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in Brazil[3] and Venezuela.[4]
References
- ↑ Suter H. (1900). "Observações sobre alguns caracóes terrestres do Brazil". Revista do Museu Paulista, São Paulo 4: 329-337.
- 1 2 (Portuguese) Veitenheimer-Mendes I. L. & de Oliveira C. R. P. (2012). "Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900) (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae): redescrição do material-tipo. [Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900) (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae): redescription of type material]". Revista Biotemas 25(1): 181-185. doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p181.
- ↑ (Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF.
- ↑ Richards H. G. & Hummelinck P. W. (1940). "Land & Freshwater Mollusks from Margarita Island, Venezuela". Notulae Naturae 62 1-16. at Google Books.
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