Striosubulina striatella

Striosubulina striatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Subulina
Species:
S. striatella
Binomial name
Subulina striatella
(Rang, 1831)
Synonyms

Subulina grandis Madge, 1938

  • Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831) (superseded combination)

Striosubulina striatella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Distribution

This species is native to tropical West Africa. It is introduced in the Mascarene Islands: (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues).[1]

References

  1. ^ Griffiths Owen.L. & Florens Vincent F.B., Non-Marine Molluscs of the Mascarene Islands, Bioculture Press, Mauritius 2006, ISBN 99949-22-05-X

Bibliography

  • 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.


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