Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mauritian Awlsnail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Stylommatophora
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
()
- Swainson, 1840
- Family:
Subulinidae
()
- P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
- Genus:
Allopeas
()
- Specific name:
mauritianum
- (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Scientific name: - Allopeas mauritianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Specific name:
mauritianum
- (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Genus:
Allopeas
(
- Family:
Subulinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Pfeiffer, L. Bemerkungen über Deshayes's bearbeitung
des Ferussacschen werkes. Malakozoologische Blätter, 1852.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Allopeas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. clavulinum (Spike Awlsnail) · A. gracile (Graceful Awlsnail) · A. mauritianum (Mauritian Awlsnail)
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Further Reading
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Pfeiffer, L. Bemerkungen über Deshayes's bearbeitung des Ferussacschen werkes. Malakozoologische Blätter, 1852.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Notes
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Contributors
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755940
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567216
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567216
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGAS27030
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1321
