Gastrocopta iheringi

Gastrocopta iheringi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

Gastrocopta iheringi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Vertiginidae
Subfamily:	Gastrocoptinae
Genus:	Gastrocopta
Species:	G. iheringi
Binomial name
Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
Pupa iheringi Suter, 1900

The specific name iheringi is in honor of the zoologist Hermann von Ihering, who collected the type specimen.[2]

Veitenheimer-Mendes & Oliveira redescribed the type material in 2012.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Brazil[3] and Venezuela.[4]

References

1. Suter H. (1900). "Observações sobre alguns caracóes terrestres do Brazil". Revista do Museu Paulista, São Paulo 4: 329-337.
2. (in Portuguese) Veitenheimer-Mendes I. L. & de Oliveira C. R. P. (2012). "Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900) (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae): redescrição do material-tipo. [Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900) (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae): redescription of type material]". Revista Biotemas 25(1): 181-185. doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p181.
3. (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Richards H. G. & Hummelinck P. W. (1940). "Land & Freshwater Mollusks from Margarita Island, Venezuela". Notulae Naturae 62 1-16. at Google Books.