Trochoidea spratti is a species of air-breathing land snail,[1] a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[2]
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| Shell of Trochoidea spratti (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Trochoidea |
| Species: | T. spratti
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| Trochoidea spratti Pfeiffer, 1846
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| Synonyms | |
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- Subspecies
- Trochoidea spratti calcarata (Benoit, 1860)
- Trochoidea spratti spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Distribution
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This species is endemic to Malta.
References
edit- ^ Species in genus Trochoidea. AnimalBase, accessed 18 October 2012.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea spratti (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050655 on 2022-08-05
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trochoidea spratti.
- Malta's unique land snails
- Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer
- Pfeiffer L. (1847-1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen primum. (1): 1–160
- Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII