Taheitia alata

Taheitia alata is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam.

Taheitia alata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Truncatellidae
Genus:
Taheitia
Species:
T. alata
Binomial name
Taheitia alata
(Guadras and Moellendorff, 1894)

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Taheitia alata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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