Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Madeiran Land Snail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
Two of the valleys lie
on the edge
of urbanisations and so the habitats
have been modified since 1878, with only small remants of Laurisilva
forest
remaining.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - 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:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
()
- Turton, 1831
- Family:
Pupillidae
()
- Turton, 1831
- Genus:
Leiostyla
()
- Lowe, 1852
- Specific name:
cassida
- (Lowe, 1831)
- Scientific name: - Leiostyla cassida (Lowe, 1831)
- Specific name:
cassida
- (Lowe, 1831)
- Genus:
Leiostyla
(
- Family:
Pupillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Leiostyla
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. abbreviata (Madeiran Land Snail) · L. cassida (Madeiran Land Snail) · L. cassidula (Madeiran Land Snail) · L. corneocostata (Madeiran Land Snail) · L. gibba (Madeiran Land Snail) · L. lamellosa (Madeiran Land Snail)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 203.
- Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 106, p. 13.
- Insects and other invertebrates as candidates for the Bern Convention IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 281.
- Invertebrates in need of special protection in Europe Council of Europe url p. 132.
- The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 183, p. 184, p. 625.
- Threatened non-marine molluscs of Europe Council of Europe url p. 138, p. 48, p. 51.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Seddon, M. 2011. Leiostyla cassida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 26, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7138551
- IUCN ID: 218456
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4852
Footnotes
- Seddon, M. 2011. Leiostyla cassida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
