Cylindrovertilla kingi

Cylindrovertilla kingi, common name King's amber pupasnail, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

Cylindrovertilla kingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Nesopupinae
Genus:
Cylindrovertilla
Species:
C. kingi
Binomial name
Cylindrovertilla kingi
(Cox, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Pupa kingi Cox, 1864
  • Pupa mastersi Cox, 1864
  • Wallivertilla kingi negata Iredale, 1940

Distribution

This terrestrial species is endemic to Australia.and occurs in New South Wales and Queensland

References
  1. Ponder W. F. & Stanisic J. (1996). Cylindrovertilla kingi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  • Cox, J.C. 1864. Catalogue of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : John Alex Engel 44 pp.
  • Iredale, T. 1940. Guide to the land shells of New South Wales. Australian Naturalist 10: 227-236
  • Solem, A. 1991. Distribution and diversity patterns of Australian pupilloid land snails (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Pupillidae, s.l.). Veliger 34(3): 233-252
  • Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp.


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