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Gastrocopta iheringi

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Vertiginidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Pupilloidea

Subfamily
  
Gastrocoptinae

Gastrocopta iheringi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

The specific name iheringi is in honor of the zoologist Hermann von Ihering, who collected the type specimen.

Veitenheimer-Mendes & Oliveira redescribed the type material in 2012.

Distribution

This species occurs in Brazil and Venezuela.

References

Gastrocopta iheringi Wikipedia


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