Streptaxis saopaulensis

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Streptaxis saopaulensis
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis from São Sebastião, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Streptaxis
Species:
S. saopaulensis
Binomial name
Streptaxis saopaulensis
Pilsbry, 1930
Synonyms[1]
  • Streptaxis contusus saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930

Streptaxis saopaulensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis in an Atlantic Forest area near the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo state, Brazil
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis retracted into its shell

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