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Land Snail

Leptopoma sp.

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Description:

A small greenish-white snail (Leptopoma sp.) seemingly being attacked by Hantik / Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina).

Leptopoma is a genus of tropical land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. (Wikipedia).

Habitat:

Makiling Trail, Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Leptopoma
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Leptopoma+perlucidum

Reference Links:

Leptopoma, Cyclophoridae

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PublishedJanuary 3, 2016

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