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Acavus superbus

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Species of gastropod

Acavus superbus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Acavus
Species: A. superbus
Binomial name
Acavus superbus
Pfeiffer, 1854

Acavus superbus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.

Three subspecies recognized.

Description

Acavus superbus has green colored shell and rose brown body.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is confined to wet zone of the country.

Subspecies

  • Acavus superbus grevillei
  • Acavus superbus roseolabiatus
  • Acavus superbus superbus

References

  1. Hausdorf, Bernhard; Perera, Kalika K. (2000). "Revision of the Genus Acavus from Sri Lanka (Gastropoda: Acavidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (2): 217–231. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.217.
  2. "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

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Taxon identifiers
Acavus superbus


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