Conturbatia crenata

Conturbatia crenata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[1] It is the only species in the genus Conturbatia.[2]

Conturbatia crenata

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Streptaxidae
Genus:
Conturbatia

Gerlach, 2001[2]
Species:
C. crenata
Binomial name
Conturbatia crenata
Gerlach, 2001[2]

Conturbatia crenata is possibly extinct.[1] The last record of this species alive was in 2000.[1] It is thought, that the population of Conturbatia crenata has been poisoned with rodenticide Brodifacoum in 2000.[1]

Distribution

Conturbatia crenata is endemic to the Frégate Island in the Seychelles.[1]

Description

Conturbatia crenata has reduced radula.[2]

Ecology

Conturbatia crenata lives in woodland areas with Pterocarpus indicus, also known as the New Guinea Rosewood tree.[2] It inhabits leaf litter and habitats with dead wood.[1]

Conturbatia crenata feeds on carrion.[2]

References
  1. Gerlach, J. (2009). "Conturbatia crenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T168141A6458885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168141A6458885.en.
  2. Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.


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