Acavus superbus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.
| Acavus superbus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Informal group: | Sigmurethra |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Acavus |
| Species: | A. superbus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acavus superbus Pfeiffer, 1854
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Three subspecies recognized.[1]
Description edit
Acavus superbus has green colored shell and rose brown body.[2]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is confined to wet zone of the country.
Subspecies edit
- Acavus superbus grevillei
- Acavus superbus roseolabiatus
- Acavus superbus superbus
References edit
- ^ Hausdorf, Bernhard; Perera, Kalika K. (2000). "Revision of the Genus Acavus from Sri Lanka (Gastropoda: Acavidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (2): 217–231. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.217.
- ^ "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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