Cryptella canariensis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Cryptella canariensis.jpg
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| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Cryptella canariensis
| authority = Webb & Berthelot, 1833Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1833) "Synopsis molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium quas in itineribus per insulas Canarias observarunt". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 28: 307-326.
| synonyms =
Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)}}
Cryptella canariensis[https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095343/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=275225 "Cryptella Webb & Berthelot 1833"]. Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September 2010. is a species of terrestrial semislug with a small shell in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.
Description
The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the mantle and on the sides, mantle length 55% of body. The animal grows up to 40 mm long.
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=4090 "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis"]. AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
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External links
- {{in lang|fr}} Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. [https://archive.today/20130106023501/http://humboldt.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/webb_histo_fr_01_1844-Lise/HTML/HMP_0271.html page 50]
- {{in lang|fr}} Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1835) Magasin de Zoologie: d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie. volume 5, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. - [https://archive.org/stream/magasindezoologi58pari#page/n104/mode/1up Cryptelle]
- [https://archive.today/20130124154601/http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7OfoUPZhL4_SVtBfx_FdNA Photo of the shell]
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Category:Endemic fauna of the Canary Islands
Category:Molluscs of the Canary Islands