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Ptychotrema mazumbiensis

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Ptychotrema mazumbiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Ptychotrema
Species:
P. mazumbiensis
Binomial name
Ptychotrema mazumbiensis
Tattersfield, 1999

Ptychotrema mazumbiensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae.

This species is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ Tattersfield, P. (2000). "Ptychotrema mazumbiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40055A10311647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40055A10311647.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.