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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This snail inhabits dry coastal scrub
and woodland, from sea
level
to 6 m.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- 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:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Haller, 1892
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Pomatiidae
()
- Newton, 1891 (1828)
- Subfamily:
Pomatiinae
()
- Genus:
Tropidophora
()
- Specific name:
gardineri
- Gerlach, 2006
- Scientific name: - Tropidophora gardineri Gerlach, 2006
- Specific name:
gardineri
- Gerlach, 2006
- Genus:
Tropidophora
(
- Subfamily:
Pomatiinae
(
- Family:
Pomatiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- 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 Tropidophora
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Further Reading
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- Gerlach, J. 2006. Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles Islands. Backhuys, Leiden.
- Gerlach, J. In prep. Declines in terrestrial Molusca on Aldabra atoll.
- Gerlach, J., Matyot, P. and Samways, M.J. 2005. Developing strategies for invertebrate conservation, the case of the Seychelles islands. Phelsuma: 9-12.
- IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
- Gerlach, J. 2009. Tropidophora gardineri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 247420
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4756741
Footnotes
- Gerlach, J. 2009. Tropidophora gardineri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
