Micractaeonidae

<i>Micractaeon</i>

Micractaeon

Genus of gastropods

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]

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Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.[3] Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae,[4] and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae.[citation needed] This family has no subfamilies.[4]

Distribution

The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia,[3] Uganda,[5] Kenya[5] and Tanzania.[5]

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.[3]

Description

The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.[3]

Ecology

Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests.[3] These snails are found in leaf litter samples.[3]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Schileyko 1999, pp. 435–564.
  2. [2]
    Verdcourt 1993, p. 82.
  3. [3]
    Bruggen & de Winter 1995, pp. 79–92.
  4. [4]
    Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. [5]
    Wronski & Hausdorf 2010, pp. 87–100.

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