Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Micractaeonidae Schileyko, 1999[2] |
| Genus: | Micractaeon Verdcourt, 1993[1] |
| Species: | M. koptawelilensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.[3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae,[4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae.[citation needed] This family has no subfamilies.[4]
Distribution
editThe distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia,[3] Uganda,[5] Kenya[5] and Tanzania.[5]
The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.[3]
Description
editThe width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]
Ecology
editMicractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
- ^ a b Schileyko 1999, pp. 435–564.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79–92.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b c Wronski & Hausdorf 2010, pp. 87–100.
References
edit- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- Bruggen, A. C. van; de Winter, A. J. (1995). PDF "Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 69 (7): 79–92.
{{cite journal}}: Check|url=value (help) - Schileyko, A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4". Ruthenica, Supplement. 2 (4): 435–564. ISSN 0136-0027.
- Verdcourt, B. (1993). "A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 121 (1–6): 82.
- Wronski, T.; Hausdorf, B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76 (1): 87–100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.