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Micractaeonidae

Micractaeon koptawelilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999
Genus: Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

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).

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon.Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae, and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.

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

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.

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

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


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