Opeas hannense

Opeas hannense
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Opeas
Species:
O. hannense
Binomial name
Opeas hannense
(Rang, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Helix hannensis Rang, 1831[2]
  • Opeas pumilum (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) (junior synonym)

Opeas hannense, common name the dwarf awlsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[3]

Distribution

Non-indigenous:

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Opeas hannense". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Rang, Sander (1831). "Description des coquilles terrestres recueillies pendant un voyage à la côte occidentale d'Afrique, et au Brésil". Annales des sciences naturelles: 41–42. Plate 3, Fig 8.
  3. ↑ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

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