Angustopila dominikae

Angustopila dominikae
Two views of the shell (above) and the same shell in the eye of a needle.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrocoptidae
Genus: Angustopila
Species:
A. dominikae
Binomial name
Angustopila dominikae
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi in Páll-Gergely, Hunyadi, Jochum & Asami, 2015

Angustopila dominikae is a species of light grey, round, land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hypselostomatidae. Angustopila dominikae have been found in southern China, and are considered to be one of the world's smallest terrestrial molluscs (the holotype's shell height is 0.86 mm).[1] This species is a tropical snail found on limestone cliffs. [2]

  1. ^ Páll-Gergely, Barna; Hunyadi, András; Jochum, Adrienne; Asami, Takahiro (28 September 2015). "Seven new hypselostomatid species from China, including some of the world's smallest land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthurethra)". ZooKeys (523): 31–62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6114. PMC 4602296. PMID 26478698.
  2. ^ Páll-Gergely, Barna; Hunyadi, András; Jochum, Adrienne; Asami, Takahiro (2022-01-27). "Seven new hypselostomatid species from China, including some of the world's smallest land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthurethra)". ZooKeys (523): 31–62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.523.6114. PMC 4602296. PMID 26478698.