Cryptella canariensis

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Cryptella canariensis
Cryptella canariensis.jpg

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Parmacelloidea
Family:
Parmacellidae
Genus:
Cryptella
Species:
C. canariensis
Binomial name
Cryptella canariensis
Webb & Berthelot, 1833[2]
Synonyms

Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)

Cryptella canariensis[3] is a species of air-breathing land semislug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.[4]

Distribution[]

This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.

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.[4] The animal grows up to 40 mm long.[4]

The shell has a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.[4]

References[]

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[4]

  1. ^ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/171639/1329253
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833". Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

External links[]

  • (in French) Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. page 50
  • (in French) 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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