Chilonopsis melanoides

Chilonopsis melanoides
Extinct
Extinct (1878)  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Chilonopsis
Species:
C. melanoides
Binomial name
Chilonopsis melanoides
Wollaston, 1878

Chilonopsis melanoides was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2] This species was endemic to Saint Helena. It was last recorded in 1878 and is now extinct.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Chilonopsis melanoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T4638A11047667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4638A11047667.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3007/13499#