Trachycystis haygarthi is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.
Trachycystis haygarthi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Charopidae |
Genus: | Trachycystis |
Species: | T. haygarthi
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Binomial name | |
Trachycystis haygarthi (Melvill & John Henry Ponsonby-Fane, 1899)
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This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Trachycystis haygarthi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44711A10938675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44711A10938675.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.