Vegrandinia

Vegrandinia
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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:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Subulininae
Genus:	Vegrandinia; Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013
Type species
	; (Breure & Coelho, 1976)
Species
	;
Diversity
	1 species

Vegrandinia is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Achatinidae.^[2] The genus name refers to its small size.^[1]

The genus is known from one species that lives on Trindade Island in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. That species may already have become extinct due to the impact of introduced species on the island.^[1]

Species[]

The only species in the genus is (Breure & Coelho, 1976).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Salvador R. B., Cunha C. M. & Simone L. R. L. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the orthalicid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Trindade Island, Brazil". Journal of Natural History 47(13-14): 949-961. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2012.759290
^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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[Salvador_et_al_2013-1] Salvador R. B., Cunha C. M. & Simone L. R. L. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the orthalicid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Trindade Island, Brazil". Journal of Natural History 47(13-14): 949-961. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2012.759290

[bank-2] Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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