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Ptychotrema mazumbiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Ptychotrema
Species:
P. mazumbiensis
Binomial name
Ptychotrema mazumbiensis
Tattersfield, 1999

Ptychotrema mazumbiensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae.

This species is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Tattersfield, P. (2000). "Ptychotrema mazumbiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40055A10311647. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40055A10311647.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.