Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species is found under stones
on steep grassy slopes
, amongst
Sempervivum on crags at
high elevations
and in the litter
of ledges and at the base
of perpendicular
crags (Wollaston 1878) .[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate [more info]
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
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- 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:
Helicoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Hygromiidae
()
- Tryon, 1866
- Genus:
Lemniscia
()
- Lowe, 1854[1855]
- Specific name:
galeata
- (Lowe, 1862)
- Scientific name: - Lemniscia galeata (Lowe, 1862)
- Specific name:
galeata
- (Lowe, 1862)
- Genus:
Lemniscia
(
- Family:
Hygromiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Seddon (2008) noted that this species is apparently allied to Caseolus
calva rather than to Lemniscia
michaudi. Bank et al.
(2002) placed the species in the genus Caseolus,
but did not give any grounds
for this revision
. Wollaston (1878)
and Pilsbry (1893-1895) also commented on the lack of similarity
to the type
species from Porto Santo, so on the basis of shell
characters
to other Caseolus species,
the view
of Bank et al.
(2002) is used.
[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Lemniscia
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bank, R.A., Groh, K. and Ripken, T.E. 2002. Catalogue and Bibliography of the non-marine Mollusca of Macronesia. In: M. Falkner, K. Grah and M.C.D. Speight (eds), Collecteana Malacologica, pp. 89-235.
- Cook, L.M., Goodfriend, G.A. and Cameron, R.A.D. 1993. Changes in the land snail fauna of eastern Madeira during the Quaternary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London series B 339(1287): 83-103.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- Pilsbry, H.A. 1893. Monographic Series: Manual of Conchology (2nd series: Pulmonata). Philadelphia.
- Seddon, M.B. 2008. An illustrated compendium ofthe landsnails and slugs of the Madeiran archipelago. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics of Terrestrial Organisms from the National Museum of Wales. Biotir Reports.
- Wollaston, T.V. 1878 Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of Azores, aderiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes and Saint Helena. London; Reeve.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Seddon, M. 2011. Lemniscia galeata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7138578
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16465555
- IUCN ID: 218508
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6464
Footnotes
- Seddon, M. 2011. Lemniscia galeata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
