Pupisoma orcula
 | This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted). (Jan 2019) |
| Pupisoma orcula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Valloniidae |
| Genus: | Pupisoma |
| Species: | P. orcula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pupisoma orcula (Benson, 1850)
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Pupisoma orcula is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.[1]
This species is endemic to Micronesia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species is endemic to Micronesia, but one broken specimen was found in Afghanistan in 1979.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Seddon, M.B. (2000). "Pupisoma orcula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T18919A8698559. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T18919A8698559.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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Solem A. (1979) "Some mollusks from Afghanistan". Fieldiana Zoology new series 1: 1-89. Page 13-14.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Fauna of Micronesia
- Pupisoma
- Gastropods described in 1850
- Taxa named by William Henry Benson
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