Trachycystis placenta

Trachycystis placenta is a species of very small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.

Trachycystis placenta
T. placenta in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Charopidae
Genus:	Trachycystis
Species:	T. placenta
Binomial name
Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)

This species is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.