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Pittoconcha

Pittoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae. Its only species is Pittoconcha concinna Preston, 1913, which is considered vulnerable. This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.

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Pittoconcha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Microcystidae
Genus: Pittoconcha
Preston, 1913 [1]
Type species
Pittoconcha concinna Preston, 1913

Pittoconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Microcystidae.1 Its only species is Pittoconcha concinna Preston, 1913, which is considered vulnerable.2 This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.

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  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pittoconcha Preston, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818477 on 2024-09-22
  2. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pittoconcha concinna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T17441A7067094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17441A7067094.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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