Cryptella canariensis

Cryptella canariensis[3] is a species of air-breathing land semislug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.[4]

Cryptella canariensis
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (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 clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Parmacelloidea
Family:	Parmacellidae
Genus:	Cryptella
Species:	C. canariensis
Binomial name
Cryptella canariensis Webb & Berthelot, 1833[2]
Synonyms
Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Shell of Cryptella canariensis.

Description

The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the mantle and on the sides, mantle length 55% of body.[4] The animal grows up to 40 mm long.[4]

The shell has a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.[4]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[4]

1. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/171639/1329253
2. Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1833) "Synopsis molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium quas in itineribus per insulas Canarias observarunt". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 28: 307-326.
3. "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833". Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September.
4. "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

External links

• (in French) Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. page 50
• (in French) Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1835) Magasin de Zoologie: d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie. volume 5, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. - Cryptelle
• Photo of the shell