Leiostracus carnavalescus

Leiostracus carnavalescus, or Harlequin Snail, is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.[1]

Leiostracus carnavalescus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Simpulopsidae
Genus:
Leiostracus
Species:
L. carnavalescus
Binomial name
Leiostracus carnavalescus
Simone & Salvador, 2016

This species is endemic to Brazil.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877283 on 2020-05-04
  2. Simone, Luiz R. L.; Salvador, Rodrigo B. (2016). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Nanuque (Minas Gerais, Brazil), with descriptions of three new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. 9: 9–30. doi:10.18476/sbna.v9.a2. S2CID 87220252.


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