Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 548 meters (0 to 1,798 feet).[1]
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:
Neritaemorphi
()
- Koken, 1896
- Order:
Neritopsina
()
- Cox & Knight, 1960
- Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
()
- A.E.J. de Férussac, 1822
- Family:
Helicinidae
()
- A.E.J. de Férussac, 1822
- Genus:
Pleuropoma
()
- Specific name:
draytonensis
- (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Scientific name: - Pleuropoma draytonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Specific name:
draytonensis
- (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Genus:
Pleuropoma
(
- Family:
Helicinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
(
- Order:
Neritopsina
(
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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Members of the genus Pleuropoma
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1923494
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2026989
Footnotes
- Mean = -88.820 meters (-291.404 feet), Standard Deviation = 693.290 based on 100 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
