Ptychotrema mazumbiensis
Ptychotrema mazumbiensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Ptychotrematinae |
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| Species: | P. mazumbiensis |
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| Ptychotrema mazumbiensis Tattersfield, 1999 | |
This species is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Tattersfield P. (2000). Ptychotrema mazumbiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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