Sheldonia fuscicolor
| Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A live individual of Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
| not in the IUCN Red List[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Subfamily: | Sheldoniinae |
| Genus: | Sheldonia |
| Species: | S. fuscicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
|
Vitrina fuscicolor Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892 | |
Sheldonia fuscicolor, common name the montane tail-wagger snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Urocyclidae.
The distribution of this species includes South Africa.[4]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 January 2013.
- ↑ Melvill J. C. & Ponsonby (1892). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History p. 240, plate 13, figure 10.
- ↑ Connolly M. (1939). "Monographic Survey of South-African Non-marine Mollusca". Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660; pls. 1-19. pages 141-142.
- ↑ Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082
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