Plectotropis mackensii

Plectotropis mackensii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [2]

Plectotropis mackensii
a live Plectotropis mackensii
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Plectotropis
Species:	A. mackensii
Binomial name
Aegista mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms
Aegista (Plectotropis) mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted combination) Aegista mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted combination) Eulota (Plectotropis) mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850) Eulota (Plectotropis) mackensii var. formosa Pilsbry, 1902 (junior synonym) Eulota mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850) Helix (Plectotropis) mackensii Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted combination)

This species is endemic to Taiwan.

References

1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 June 2016.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plectotropis mackensii (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332150 on 2020-05-07

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. (1902). New land mollusks of the Japanese Empire. The Nautilus. 16(4): 45-47
• (in Chinese) Wen P. Y. & Hwang C. C. (2014). "Comparative anatomy of Aegista (Aegista) subchinensis and Aegista (Plectotropis) mackensii (Gastropoda: Bradybaenidae)". Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan 37: 33–44. (with English abstract). abstract.