Palaina patula

Palaina patula is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This species is endemic to Palau.

Palaina patula

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Diplommatinidae
Genus:
Palaina
Species:
P. patula
Binomial name
Palaina patula
(Crosse, 1866)

References
  1. Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Palaina patula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T15898A789353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T15898A789353.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.


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