Conturbatia crenata
| Conturbatia crenata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Genus: | Conturbatia Gerlach, 2001[2] |
| Species: | C. crenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001[2] | |
Conturbatia crenata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[1] It is the only species in the genus Conturbatia.[2]
Conturbatia crenata is possibly extinct.[1] The last record of this species alive was in 2000.[1] It is thought, that the population of Conturbatia crenata has been poisoned with rodenticide Brodifacoum in 2000.[1]
Distribution
Conturbatia crenata is endemic to the Frégate Island in the Seychelles.[1]
Description
Conturbatia crenata has reduced radula.[2]
Ecology
Conturbatia crenata lives in woodland areas with Pterocarpus indicus, also known as the New Guinea Rosewood tree.[2] It inhabits leaf litter and habitats with dead wood.[1]
Conturbatia crenata feeds on carrion.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gerlach J. (2006). Conturbatia crenata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 1 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.