Micractaeon

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]

Micractaeon
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:
Micractaeonidae

Schileyko, 1999[1]
Genus:
Micractaeon

Verdcourt, 1993[2]
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.[3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae,[4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.[4]

Distribution

The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia,[3] Uganda,[5] Kenya[5] and Tanzania.[5]

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.[3]

Description

The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]

Ecology

Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]

Footnotes
  1. Schileyko 1999, pp. 435-564.
  2. Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
  3. Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79-92.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. Wronski 2010, pp. 87-100.
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