Thyrophorellidae

<i>Thyrophorella</i>

Thyrophorella

Genus of gastropods


Thyrophorella is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]

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Thyrophorella is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Thyrophorellinae, and is also itself monotypic. It is represented by the single species, Thyrophorella thomensis, which is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.[3]


References

  1. Greeff R. (1882). "Über die Landschenckenfauna der Insel Săo Thomé". Zoologischer Anzeiger 5: 516-521. page 517.
  2. Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Thyrophorella thomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21876A9334452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21876A9334452.en.



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