Napaeus barquini

Napaeus barquini
Napaeus barquini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily: Enoidea
Family: Enidae
Subfamily: Eninae
Tribe: Enini
Genus: Napaeus
Subgenus: Napaeus
Species: N. barquini
Binomial name
Napaeus barquini
Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006[1]

Napaeus barquini is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to La Gomera in the Canary Islands.[2]

Ecology

Napaeus barquini lives on open rocks.[2]

Napaeus barquini actively adds lichens to its shell as an camouflage.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Alonso M. R., Goodacre S. L., Emerson B. C., Ibáñez M., Hutterer R. & Groh K. (2006). "Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 169-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00670.x.
  2. ^ a b c Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, Napaeus (N.) barquini Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". Zoological Science 24(9): 869-876.doi:10.2108/zsj.24.869.
  3. ^ Tuebingen University (2007, October 31). "Snails As Clever Builders: Active Camouflage In A Snail". ScienceDaily. Accessed October 8, 2010.
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