Trachycystis placenta

Trachycystis placenta
T. placenta in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Trachycystis
Species:
T. placenta
Binomial name
Trachycystis placenta
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)

Trachycystis placenta is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.

This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Trachycystis placenta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44712A10939051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44712A10939051.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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