Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Clausilioidea Genus Lampedusa Higher classification Lampedusa | Phylum Mollusca Family Clausiliidae Scientific name Lampedusa imitratix Rank Species | |
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Similar Brachytrupes megacephalus, Caseolus, Congeria kusceri | ||
Lampedusa imitatrix (common name: Maltese door-snail) is a species of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to Malta. The population on the islet of Filfla might be a subspecies or a species in its own right.
References
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