Kosicia ambrosi

Kosicia ambrosi
Kosicia ambrosi shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Kosicia
Species:
K. ambrosi
Binomial name
Kosicia ambrosi
(Strobel, 1851)[2]
Synonyms
  • Chilostoma ambrosi (Strobel, 1852)
  • Helix aemula L. Pfeiffer, 1852
  • Helix ambrosi Strobel, 1852

Kosicia ambrosi is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the true snails. The species is endemic to Italy, and is currently Near threatened due to tourism.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Falkner, G.; Falkner, M. & von Proschwitz, T. (2011). "Chilostoma ambrosi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T157160A5048533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157160A5048533.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ Strobel P. (1851). "Notizie malacostatiche sul Trentino". pp. [1-3], 1-117. Pavia. page 59.
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