Palaina xiphidium is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This species is endemic to Micronesia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
Family: | Diplommatinidae |
Genus: | Palaina |
Species: | P. xiphidium
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Binomial name | |
Palaina xiphidium Moellendorff, 1897
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References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Palaina xiphidium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15908A5306863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15908A5306863.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.