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Trachycystis subpinguis

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Trachycystis subpinguis
Trachycystis subpinguis 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. subpinguis
Binomial name
Trachycystis subpinguis

Trachycystis subpinguis is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail in the family Charopidae.

This species is endemic to southern Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical and Afromontane forest, where it may be found on the bark of trees in wet weather.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Connolly, M. (1922). "On a small collection of Mollusca from the Northern Transvaal". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15 (2–3): 70–77 [74]. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063789.
  2. ^ Connolly, M. W. K. (1939). "A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1–660 [218].
  • Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.