Striosubulina striatella

Striosubulina striatella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Striosubulina striatella
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:
Subulina
Species:
S. striatella
Binomial name
Subulina striatella
(Rang, 1831)
Synonyms

Subulina grandis Madge, 1938

  • Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831) (superseded combination)

Distribution

This species is native to tropical West Africa. It is introduced in the Mascarene Islands: (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues).[1]

References
  1. Griffiths Owen.L. & Florens Vincent F.B., Non-Marine Molluscs of the Mascarene Islands, Bioculture Press, Mauritius 2006, ISBN 99949-22-05-X
  • Rowson, B., Warren, B.H. & Ngereza, C.F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. ZooKeys 70: 1–39.


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