Amphorella melampoides

Amphorella melampoides is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.

Amphorella melampoides

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Ferussaciidae
Genus:
Amphorella
Species:
A. melampoides
Binomial name
Amphorella melampoides

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

References
  1. Abreu, C., Cameron, R., Seddon, M.B. & Teixeira, D. 2017. Amphorella melampoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T1170A86016278. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T1170A86016278.en. Downloaded on 11 January 2019.


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