Notodiscus hookeri
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Notodiscus hookeri is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae.[2] This snail lives on islands in the sub-Antarctic region. Its shell is unique among land snails in that the organic shell layers contain no chitin.
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A live Notodiscus hookeri is eating lichen Usnea taylorii. | |
Apical view of the shell of holotype of Notodiscus hookeri heardensis | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Genus: | Notodiscus |
Species: | N. hookeri |
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Notodiscus hookeri | |
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Helix hookeri Reeve, 1854 |
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