Leiostracus carnavalescus

Leiostracus carnavalescus, the harlequin snail, is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.[1]

Leiostracus carnavalescus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Species:
L. carnavalescus
Binomial name
Leiostracus carnavalescus
Simone & Salvador, 2016

This species is endemic to Brazil.[2]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877283 on 2020-05-04
  2. ^ Simone, Luiz R. L.; Salvador, Rodrigo B. (2016). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Nanuque (Minas Gerais, Brazil), with descriptions of three new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. 9: 9–30. doi:10.18476/sbna.v9.a2. S2CID 87220252.