Canariella leprosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Canariellidae |
Genus: | Canariella |
Species: | C. leprosa
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Binomial name | |
Canariella leprosa (
Shuttleworth, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
Helix leprosa Shuttleworth, 1852 |
Canariella leprosa is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Canariellidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Its status as a species is uncertain. It may be a subspecies (C. h. leprosa) of Canariella hispidula. [2]