Biology:Micractaeon

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Micractaeon
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999[2]
Genus: Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993[1]
Species:
M. koptawelilensis
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

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 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.[citation needed] 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. Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schileyko 1999, pp. 435-564.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79-92.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wronski & Hausdorf 2010, pp. 87-100.

References

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