Exquisitiropa

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bonham, K. |collaboration=Mollusc Specialist Group |date=2000 |title=Roblinella agnewi |volume=2000 |page=e.T19737A9008013 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T19737A9008013.en |access-date=4 February 2024 }}

| taxon = Exquisitiropa agnewi

| authority = (Legrand, 1871)

| parent_authority = J. Stanisic, 2018

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| Helix (Discus) agnewi | Legrand, 1871

| Helix (Pitys) petterdi | Legrand, 1871

| Helix (Pitys) petterdi peroni | Legrand, 1871

| Roblinella agnewi | (Legrand, 1871) }}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |title=Roblinella agnewi (Legrand, 1871) |year=2024 |id=1298979 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=4 February 2024}}

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Exquisitiropa is a monotypic genus of small land snails in the family Charopidae. The sole species is Exquisitiropa agnewi, also known as silky snail or silky pinwheel snail. It is endemic to Tasmania.

Exquisitiropa agnewi is known only from Mount Wellington. This snail is poorly known. It has only been found at a few sites on a single mountain, a distribution that may represent a single population. It is small and hard to locate, so it is possible it may occur on other mountains nearby, but focused searches have failed to turn up specimens anywhere else.

This species lives in shrubby mountain forest habitat in the subalpine zone. It has been found in open boulder fields in patches of wet vegetation. These mountain slopes are susceptible to bushfires, one threat to what may be the single remaining population of this snail.

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{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/eacddc05-cbd2-4094-9121-ac1f357247ff |title=Species Exquisitiropa agnewi (Legrand, 1871) |author= |date= |work=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=4 February 2024}}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Exquisitiropa J. Stanisic, 2018 |year=2024 |id=1298874 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=4 February 2024}}

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Category:Charopidae

Category:Monotypic gastropod genera

Category:Gastropods of Australia

Category:Invertebrates of Tasmania

Category:Endemic fauna of Tasmania

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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