Micractaeon
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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).
Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon. Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae, and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae.[citation needed] This family has no subfamilies.
Distribution
The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.
Description
The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm. The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.
Ecology
Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests. These snails are found in leaf litter samples.
Footnotes
- 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 .
- Bruggen, A. C. van; de Winter, A. J. (1995). (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 69 (7): 79–92.
- Schileyko, A. A. (1999). "Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs. Part 4". Ruthenica, Supplement. 2 (4): 435–564. ISSN .
- 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). . Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76 (1): 87–100. doi:.