Chilonopsis melanoides

Chilonopsis melanoides was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2] This species was endemic to Saint Helena. It is now extinct.

Chilonopsis melanoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Chilonopsis
Species:
C. melanoides
Binomial name
Chilonopsis melanoides
Wollaston, 1878

References edit

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Chilonopsis melanoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4638A11047667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4638A11047667.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.