Sheldonia fuscicolor
| Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
|---|---|
| A live individual of Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Genus: | Sheldonia |
| Species: | S. fuscicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Vitrina fuscicolor Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892 | |
Sheldonia fuscicolor, common name the montane tail-wagger snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Urocyclidae.
The distribution of this species includes South Africa.[3]
References
- ^ Melvill J. C. & Ponsonby (1892). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History p. 240, plate 13, figure 10.
- ^ Connolly M. (1939). "Monographic Survey of South-African Non-marine Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660; pls. 1-19. pages 141-142.
- ^ Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082