Granulated Tasmanian snail

The granulated Tasmanian snail (Anoglypta launcestonensis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Caryodidae. The specific epithet launcestonensis references Launceston, Tasmania.[2]

Granulated Tasmanian snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Family:
Caryodidae
Genus:
Anoglypta
Species:
A. launcestonensis
Binomial name
Anoglypta launcestonensis
(Reeve, 1853)[2]
Synonyms

Helix launcestonensis Reeve, 1853

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia.

References
  1. Bonham, K. (2007). "Anoglypta launcestonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T1317A3417537.en. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. Reeve, Lovell (1853). "Monograph of the genus Helix". Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. 7. Sp.968.


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