Gastrocopta sharae
Appearance
Gastrocopta sharae | |
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The shell of Gastrocopta sharae, seen under a light microscope (left) and under a scanning electron microscope (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Gastrocoptidae |
Genus: | Gastrocopta |
Species: | G. sharae
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Binomial name | |
Gastrocopta sharae Salvador, Cavallari & Simone, 2017
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Gastrocopta sharae is a species of very small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name sharae is a reference to Shar, a fictional deity in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known only from its type locality, Gruta Revolucionários, a cave located in Goiás state, Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Simone, Luiz R.L. (15 February 2017). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land and freshwater snails from caves in central Brazil, with description of a new species". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93 (1): 135–141. doi:10.3897/zse.93.10995.