Abbottella calliotropis

Abbottella calliotropis is a species of operculate land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

Abbottella calliotropis
Apertural view of a shell of Abbottella calliotropis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiidae
Genus: Abbottella
Species:
A. calliotropis
Binomial name
Abbottella calliotropis
Watters, 2013[2]

Distribution

The distribution of Abbottella calliotropis is restricted to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.[2]

References

  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 August 2014.
  2. Watters G. T. (2013). "New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae)". Zootaxa 3646(1): 1-22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3646.1.1.
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