Boucardicus ambindaensis is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Alycaeidae.
| Boucardicus ambindaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Alycaeidae |
| Genus: | Boucardicus |
| Species: | B. ambindaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Boucardicus ambindaensis Balashov & Griffiths, 2015[1]
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This species is endemic to Madagascar, occurs in Tsingy Beanka reserve, around 50 km east of Maintirano city.[1]
Etymology
editFrom occurrence near Ambinda village.
Shell description
editShell is pupilloid-like, almost smooth (with weak radial lines), aperture is almost round, with single columellar lamella relatively deep in aperture that goes through almost whole body-whorl inside it and single palatal lamella in the begging of body-whorl (could be visible through wall of shell). Basal peristome is almost complete, slightly reflected. Height of shell 2.4–2.5 mm, diameter 1.2–1.3 mm.[1]
References
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