Balea sarsii

Balea sarsii
Apertural view; scale bar 1 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Balea
Species:
B. sarsii
Binomial name
Balea sarsii
Synonyms[5]

Balea heydeni von Maltzan, 1881[3]
Balia lucifuga Bourguignat, 1857[4]

Balea sarsii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. It remains disputed whether B. sarsii or Balea heydeni von Maltzan, 1881 is the correct name.

The species had long been overlooked because of confusion with Balea perversa.

  1. ^ Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Balea heydeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171560A1328134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171560A1328134.en.
  2. ^ (in German) Pfeiffer L. (1847). "Diagnosen neuer Heliceen". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4(6): 81-84. page 84.
  3. ^ (in French) Maltzan H. von (1881). "Description de deux espèces nouvelles". Journal de Conchyliologie 29(2): 162-163. page 162, plate 6, figure 6.
  4. ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1857). "Aménités malacologiques". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)9: 545-565, Plate 16-17. page 557, plate 17, figure 16-18.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference von Proschwitz 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).