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Ampelita beanka

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Ampelita beanka
Shell of Ampelita beanka (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Ampelita
Species:
A. beanka
Binomial name
Ampelita beanka
O. L. Griffiths & D. G. Herbert, 2013

Ampelita beanka is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. [1]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Madagascar.

References

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  • Griffiths, O.L. & Herbert, D.G. (2013). "New species of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from two isolated karst formations in central western Madagascar: Tsingy Beanka and Antsingimavo, with additional notes on other regional endemics". African Invertebrates. 54 (1): 23.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)