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Omphalotropis rubens

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Omphalotropis rubens
Two live individuals of Omphalotropis rubens (possibly a mating pair)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Omphalotropis
Species:
O. rubens
Binomial name
Omphalotropis rubens
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Hydrocoena) moreleti Deshayes, 1863 (junior synonym)
  • Cyclostoma (Hydrocoena) rubens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Cyclostoma aurantiacum Deshayes, 1832 (original combination)
  • Cyclostoma rubens Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)
  • Hydrocena belangeri L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Cyclostoma aurantiacum, by Pfeiffer treated as a secondary homonym of Annularia aurantiaca Schumacher, 1817)
  • Omphalotropis aurantiaca (Deshayes, 1832) (junior synonym)
  • Omphalotropis moreleti (Deshayes, 1863) (junior synonym)

Omphalotropis rubens is a species of minute, salt marsh snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Assimineidae.[1]

Distribution

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This terrestrial species occurs in Réunion and Mauritius.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Omphalotropis rubens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289234 on 2020-10-01
  • Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.
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