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Muses streptaxis

Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The muses streptaxis (Tomostele musaecola) is a species in the class Gastropoda.

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Quick facts about the muses streptaxis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the muses streptaxis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the muses streptaxis as introduced in 1 country.

  1. French Polynesia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the muses streptaxis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the muses streptaxis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. genusTomostele
  5. SpeciesTomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)

Synonyms Achatina musaecola, Leptinaria insignis, Luntia insignis, Streptostele insignis, Streptostele musaecola

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Streptostele des musesFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the muses streptaxis

Other species in the same genus Tomostele.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the muses streptaxis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the muses streptaxis as introduced in 1 country: French Polynesia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Muses streptaxis (Tomostele musaecola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/muses-streptaxis

MLA

“Muses streptaxis (Tomostele musaecola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/muses-streptaxis.

BibTeX
@misc{muses_streptaxis_2026,
  title = {Muses streptaxis (Tomostele musaecola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/muses-streptaxis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}