Microstrophia nana

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

Microstrophia nana
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:
Orthogibbinae
Genus:
Microstrophia
Species:
M. nana
Binomial name
Microstrophia nana
Peile, 1936

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

References
  1. Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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