Dlinza Forest pinwheel
Appearance
Dlinza Forest pinwheel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Charopidae |
Genus: | Trachycystis |
Species: | T. clifdeni
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Binomial name | |
Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932
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The Dlinza Forest pinwheel (Trachycystis clifdeni) is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The common name is a reference to the Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve.
References
[edit]- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Trachycystis clifdeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44710A10938455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44710A10938455.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.