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Bradybaena wangkai

species of molluscs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 26, 2023
Entity authorityQ107031087 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bradybaena wangkai is a species of beer snail found in the region of Tibet, China.

Diet

B. wangkai feeds by grazing on detritus, a trait shared by all other species of the infraorder Helicoidei.

Distribution and habitat

B. wangkai is currently known to be found in the Tibetan region in China. This species lives in a terrestrial habitat.

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

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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 Nov 26, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q107031087. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bradybaena wangkai” 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.