- Cryptella canariensis
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Cryptella canariensis 
Cryptella canariensis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid cladeSuperfamily: Parmacelloidea Family: Parmacellidae Genus: Cryptella Species: C. canariensis Binomial name Cryptella canariensis
Webb & Berthelot, 1833[1]Synonyms Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
Cryptella canariensis[2] is a species of air-breathing land slug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.[3]
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Distribution
This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.
Drawing of the 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.[3] Animal up to 40 mm long.[3]
Shell with a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [3].
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833". Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September.
- ^ a b c d e "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
External links
- (Spanish) Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. page 50
- (Spanish) 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
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