Micrartemon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod carnivorous mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
Description Its shell is small and elongated, often adapted for navigating leaf litter and soil habitats.
Distribution The distribution of the genus Micrartemon is endemic to the Philippines in the island of Cebu.Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .
Species
Species within the genus Micrartemon include: Micrartemon boettgeri Möllendorff, 1890 The species was named after Oskar Boettger, a German zoologist.
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