Embertoniphanta farafanga
| Embertoniphanta farafanga | |
|---|---|
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| A view of the left side of a live Embertoniphanta farafanga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Acavoidea |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Embertoniphanta |
| Species: | E. farafanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Embertoniphanta farafanga (H. Adams, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helicophanta farafanga | |
Embertoniphanta farafanga or Helicophanta farafanga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusk in the family Acavidae. The species occurs in Madagascar.
Helicophanta farafanga is a burrower.[2]
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 November 2014.
- ↑ Emberton K. C. (1994). "Morphology and aestivation behaviour in some Madagascan acavid land snails". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(2): 175-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1994.tb01008.x.
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