Chilonopsis nonpareil is an extinct 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 and was last seen in 1870.[2][1]

Chilonopsis nonpareil
The specimen in Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Extinct (1870)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. nonpareil
Binomial name
Chilonopsis nonpareil
Perry, 1811

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pryce, D.; White, L. (2014). "Chilonopsis nonpareil". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T4639A64303734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T4639A64303734.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.