Overview
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species is found on rock ledges and on crags in the summit regions
of Pico Arriero and Pico Ruivo.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks) [more info]
Taxonomy
- 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:
heterodon
- (Pilsbry, 1923)
- Scientific name: - Leiostyla heterodon (Pilsbry, 1923)
- Specific name:
heterodon
- (Pilsbry, 1923)
- 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
(
Notes
This species was originally listed as a subspecies of L. sphinctostoma, but Waldén (1986, pers. comm) believed that the taxa merited specific status. Bank et al. (2002) treat this as a separate species in their checklist and Seddon (2008) also treated it as a distinct species.[1].
Similar Species
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 Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- 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.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- 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.
Notes
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 heterodon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7138570
- IUCN ID: 218470
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6304
Footnotes
- Seddon, M. 2011. Leiostyla heterodon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
