Ampelita michellae
| Ampelita michellae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Ampelita |
| Species: | A. michellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ampelita michellae K. C. Emberton & Rakotondrazafy, 2020 | |
Ampelita michellae is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.[1]
First collected in 2007 in Northern Madagascar, along 34 other snails of which 13 new species, and described in detail by Kenneth C. Emberton and Judicaël A. Rakotondrazafy.
This species was named after Michelle Kintana Emberton, daughter of the author.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
References
- ↑ Ampelita michellae K. C. Emberton & Rakotondrazafy, 2020. 22 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Emberton, K. C. & Rakotondrazafy, J. A. (2020). "Rhytidoid land snails collected in 2007 at 21 sites in northern Madagascar, with descriptions of 13 new species and two new subspecies (Gastropoda, Rhytidoidea: Acavidae and Clavatoridae)". Basteria. 84 (4–6): 196.
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