Lampedusa imitatrix

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Lampedusa imitatrix (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Lampedusa imitatrix
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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L. imitatrix
Binomial name
Lampedusa imitatrix
(Boettger, 1879)

This species is endemic to Malta. The population on the islet of Filfla might be a subspecies or a species in its own right.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schembri, P.J. (2017). "Lampedusa imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170833A86101909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170833A86101909.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.