Embertoniphanta farafanga

Embertoniphanta farafanga or Helicophanta farafanga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusk in the family Acavidae. The species occurs in Madagascar.

Embertoniphanta farafanga
A view of the left side of a live Embertoniphanta farafanga
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Acavidae
Genus:
Embertoniphanta
Species:
E. farafanga
Binomial name
Embertoniphanta farafanga
(H. Adams, 1875)
Synonyms

Helicophanta farafanga

Helicophanta farafanga is a burrower.[2]

References
  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 November 2014.
  2. Emberton K. C. (1994). "Morphology and aestivation behaviour in some Madagascan acavid land snails". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 53(2): 175-187. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1994.tb01008.x.


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