Tropidophora carinata
Tropidophora carinata is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.
| Tropidophora carinata | |
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| Two old shells of Tropidophora carinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Pomatiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophora |
| Species: | T. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophora carinata (Born, 1780) | |
This species was found in Mauritius and Réunion, but it may now be extinct.
References
- Emberton, K.C. 1996. Tropidophora carinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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