Thapsia troglodytes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Urocyclidae.[2]

Thapsia troglodytes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Urocyclidae
Genus: Thapsia
Species:
T. troglodytes
Binomial name
Thapsia troglodytes
(Morelet, 1848)[1]
Synonyms

Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848

Thapsia troglodytes is the type species of the genus Thaspia.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Gabon.

References

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  1. ^ Morelet A. (1848). "Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia". Revue Zoologique 1848: 351-355.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia troglodytes (Morelet, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305360 on 2022-09-24
  3. ^ Winter A.J. de (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82.
  • Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 80: 161–168.
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