Micractaeon koptawelilensis
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999[1]
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Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993[2]
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| Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)
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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]
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
The 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
The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]
Ecology
Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]
Footnotes
References
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