Azeca goodalli

Azeca goodalli is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.

Azeca goodalli
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Suborder:
Helicina
Infraorder:
Pupilloidei
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Azecidae
Genus:
Azeca
Species:
A. goodalli
Binomial name
Azeca goodalli
(Férussac, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Azeca tridens (Pulteney, 1799) (Original name suppressed by Opinion 335)
  • Turbo tridens Pulteney, 1799
  • Helix (Cochlodonta) goodalli Férussac, 1821

This is the only still existent species in the genus Azeca.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands in Western Europe to Central Europe, including:

References
    • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
    • Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey)


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