Diplommatina akirai

Diplommatina akirai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Diplommatina
Species:
D. akirai
Binomial name
Diplommatina akirai
Chang & Ookubo, 1998

Diplommatina akirai is a species of land snail with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.[1][2][3]: 52 

This species is endemic to Taiwan, where it is found in high-altitude mountainous areas in Xiulin Township, Hualien County. It inhabits leaf litter in forested environments. The shell is tiny, resembling a sesame seed in size, measuring approximately 3.5 mm, with a reddish hue.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Diplommatina akirai". The Taiwan Malacofauna database. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Diplommatina akirai Chang & Ookubo, 1998". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ "第四章 討論 第五節 陸生軟體動物". 太魯閣國家公園中、低海拔地區動物資源動態調查研究及資料庫建立 (PDF) (in Traditional Chinese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

Further reading

  • Chang, K.M.; Ookubo, K. (1998). "New species of Diplommatinidae from Taiwan (Prosobranchia: Cyclophoroidea)". Bulletin of Malacology (in English and Traditional Chinese). 22. Taiwan: 1–10.