Acanthennea erinacea explained

Acanthennea erinacea is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Acanthennea erinacea is the only species within the genus Acanthennea.^[1]

Distribution

Acanthennea erinacea is endemic to Silhouette Island and Mahé Island, the Seychelles.^{[2] [1]}

Notes and References

1. Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1–60. abstract, PDF.
2. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1–16. .