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Thyrophorella

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Thyrophorella thomensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Thyrophorellinae
Girard, 1895
Genus: Thyrophorella
Greeff, 1882[1]
Species:
T. thomensis
Binomial name
Thyrophorella thomensis
Greeff, 1882

Thyrophorella is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]

Thyrophorella is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Thyrophorellinae, and is also itself monotypic. It is represented by the single species, Thyrophorella thomensis, which is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Greeff R. (1882). "Über die Landschenckenfauna der Insel Săo Thomé". Zoologischer Anzeiger 5: 516-521. page 517.
  2. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Thyrophorella thomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21876A9334452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21876A9334452.en.