''Cryptella canariensis''"''Cryptella'' Webb & Berthelot 1833"
Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September. is a species of air-breathing land

semislug Semi-slugs, also spelled semislugs, are land gastropods whose shells are too small for them to retract into, but not quite vestigial. The shell of some semi-slugs may not be easily visible on casual inspection, because the shell may be covered ...

with a small shell, a terrestrial

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as ''Parmacella canariensis''.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

Description

The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the

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and on the sides, mantle length 55% of body. The animal grows up to 40 mm long. The shell has a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference."Species summary for ''Parmacella canariensis''"
AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

External links

* Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie
page 50
* Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1835) Magasin de Zoologie: d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie. volume 5, Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
Cryptelle

Photo of the shell
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cryptella canariensis Endemic fauna of the Canary Islands Parmacellidae Gastropods described in 1833