Gulella puzeyi

Gulella puzeyi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Gulella puzeyi

Critically Endangered  (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:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Streptaxidae
Subfamily:
Ptychotrematinae
Genus:
Gulella
Species:
G. puzeyi
Binomial name
Gulella puzeyi
Connolly, 1939

This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Herbert D. G. (2004). Gulella puzeyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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