Embertoniphanta farafanga
Embertoniphanta farafanga (syn. Helicophanta farafanga) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusk in the family Acavidae. The species occurs in Madagascar.
| Embertoniphanta farafanga | |
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| A view of the left side of a live Embertoniphanta farafanga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Informal group: | Sigmurethra |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Embertoniphanta |
| Species: | E. farafanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Embertoniphanta farafanga (H. Adams, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helicophanta farafanga | |
Embertoniphanta farafanga is a burrower.[1]
References
- Emberton K. C. (1994). "Morphology and aestivation behaviour in some Madagascan acavid land snails". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(2): 175-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1994.tb01008.x.
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