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Arinia simplex

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ1601715 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arinia simplex is a species of small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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“Arinia simplex” enters the record as species of mollusc. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Arinia, simplex and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 40-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Arinia, simplex and species.
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Why this record matters

“Arinia simplex” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Arinia, simplex and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1601715. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arinia simplex” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.