Boucardicus fortistriatus
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| Boucardicus fortistriatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Hainesiidae |
| Genus: | Boucardicus |
| Species: | B. fortistriatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Boucardicus fortistriatus Emberton & Pearce, 1999. | |
Boucardicus fortistriatus is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Hainesiidae.
This species is endemic to Madagascar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It lives in the Toliara Province of Madagascar, and is found only above 860 m (2,820 ft) ASL on Mount Vasiha.[1]