Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mauritian Awlsnail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Stylommatophora
()
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Allopeas
()
- Specific name:
mauritianum
- (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Scientific name: - Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Specific name:
mauritianum
- (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Genus:
Allopeas
(
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Allopeas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. clavulinum (Spike Awlsnail) · A. gracile (Graceful Awlsnail) · A. gracilis · A. mauritianum (Mauritian Awlsnail) · A. myrmekophilos
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Further Reading
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755940
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567216
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567216
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGAS27030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1321
