Conturbatia
| Conturbatia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Genus: | Conturbatia Gerlach, 2001[2] |
| Species: | C. crenata
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| Binomial name | |
| Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001[2]
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Conturbatia is a genus of air-breathing land snail in the family Streptaxidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Conturbatia crenata in the family Streptaxidae.[1][2] It is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
Conturbatia crenata is possibly extinct.[1] The last record of this species alive was in 2000.[1] It is thought, that the population of Conturbatia crenata has been poisoned with rodenticide Brodifacoum in 2000.[1] But the investigation from 2011 to 2021 showed that Conturbatia crenata still exists on Frégate Island.[3]
Distribution
Conturbatia crenata is endemic to the Frégate Island in the Seychelles.[1]
Description
Conturbatia crenata has reduced radula.[2]
Ecology
Conturbatia crenata lives in woodland areas with Pterocarpus indicus, also known as the New Guinea Rosewood tree.[2] It inhabits leaf litter and habitats with dead wood.[1]
Conturbatia crenata feeds on carrion.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Gerlach, J. (2009). "Conturbatia crenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T168141A6458885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168141A6458885.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.
- ^ Imperturbatia griffithsi n. sp. and new records for Careoradula perelegans (E. von Martens, 1898) in Seychelles (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae), January 2024Journal of Conchology 45(2):234-238, DOI:10.61733/jconch/4522