Micractaeon koptawelilensis

Micractaeon koptawelilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Micractaeonidae Schileyko, 1999[1]
Genus:	Micractaeon Verdcourt, 1993[2]
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)
Synonyms[3][1]
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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4 Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferrussaciidae". In: Ruthenica., Supplement, 2(4): 435-564, Moscow, ISSN 0136-0027. page 451.
2. ^ Verdcourt B. (1993). "A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 121(1-6): 82.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Bruggen A. C. van & de Winter A. J. (1995). "Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?)". Zoologische Mededelingen 69(7): 79-92. PDF.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.