''Cyclophorus elegans'' is a species of small, air-breathing,
land snail with an
operculum,
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...
. It is found in China.
References
* Die chinesischen Land-und Subwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. T.Yen, 1939
External links
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Gastropods described in 1881
elegans
Molluscs of China
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