Orexana ultima

Species of mollusc

Orexana ultima
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Orexana
Species:
O. ultima
Binomial name
Orexana ultima
(Mousson, 1872)
Synonyms

Candidula ultima (Mousson, 1872) (invalid combination)

Orexana ultima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae,[2] the hairy snails and their allies.[3]

The species is endemic to Fuerteventura island (Canary Islands).

Orexana ultima Lomo del Aceituno, Fuerteventura (Las Palmas). Scale bar 0.5 cm.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Candidula ultima Accessed 2014.11.14
  2. ^ Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (January 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID 29107619.
  3. ^ Daphnella (Asperdaphne) plutonis Thiele, 1925
Taxon identifiers
Orexana ultima


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