Micractaeon

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Micractaeon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Micractaeonidae
Schileyko, 1999
Genus: Micractaeon
Verdcourt, 1993
Species:
M. koptawelilensis
Binomial name
Micractaeon koptawelilensis
(Germain, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Microglessula Adam
  • Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934
  • Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon. Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae, and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.

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