Micractaeon Explained

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is a species of land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Micractaeon koptawelilensis is the only species in the genus Micractaeon. Micractaeon is the type genus of the family Micractaeonidae, and Micractaeon is the only genus in the family Micractaeonidae. This family has no subfamilies.

Distribution

The distribution of Micractaeon koptawelilensis includes tropical Africa: Ghana, Cameroon, eastern and southeastern Zaïre, Malawi, eastern Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

The type locality is Mount Elgon, Kenya.

Description

The width of the shell is 0.7-1.3 mm. The height of the shell is 1.1-2.2 mm.

Ecology

Micractaeon koptawelilensis inhabits forests. These snails are found in leaf litter samples.

References

• • Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen. Bruggen . A. C. van. de Winter . A. J. . 1995. PDF Notes on Micractaeon, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?) . Zoologische Mededelingen. 69. 7. 79–92 .
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• Verdcourt . B. . 1993. A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 121. 1–6 . 82.
• Wronski . T. . Hausdorf . B. . 2010. Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 76. 1. 87–100 . 10.1093/mollus/eyp048. free.