Trachycystis placenta
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| Trachycystis placenta | |
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| T. placenta in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Trachycystis |
| Species: | T. placenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) | |
Trachycystis placenta is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.
This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.