Micrartemon

Micrartemon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus:
Möllendorff, 1890[1]

Micrartemon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod carnivorous mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Description

It's shell is small and elongated, often adapted for navigating leaf litter and soil habitats.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Micrartemon is endemic to the Philippines in the island of Cebu.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Micrartemon include:

  • Micrartemon boettgeri Möllendorff, 1890[3]

The species was named after Oskar Boettger, a German zoologist.

References

  1. ^ Möllendorff (1890). Ber. Senckenb. Ges. 1889-90: 190.
  2. ^ a b Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  3. ^ "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-06-16.


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