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Trochoidea spratti

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Trochoidea spratti
Shell of Trochoidea spratti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Trochoidea
Species:
T. spratti
Binomial name
Trochoidea spratti
Pfeiffer, 1846
Synonyms
  • Helix calcarata Benoit, 1862 (junior synonym)
  • Helix schombrii L. Pfeiffer, 1848 (junior synonym)
  • Helix spratti L. Pfeiffer, 1846 (original combination)
  • Trochoidea (Trochoidea) spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) · alternate representation

Trochoidea spratti is a species of air-breathing land snail,[1] a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[2]

Subspecies
  • Trochoidea spratti calcarata (Benoit, 1860)
  • Trochoidea spratti spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Distribution

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Malta.

References

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  1. ^ Species in genus Trochoidea. AnimalBase, accessed 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050655 on 2022-08-05
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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