Tropidophora desmazuresi

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Tropidophora desmazuresi was a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

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Tropidophora desmazuresi
Shell of † Tropidophora desmazuresi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiidae
Genus: Tropidophora
Species:
T. desmazuresi
Binomial name
Tropidophora desmazuresi
(Crosse, 1873)
Synonyms

Cyclostoma desmazuresi Crosse, 1873 · (original combination)

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.

Distribution

This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct.

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