Allopeas acmella
Appearance
Allopeas acmella | |
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Drawing of a shell of Allopeas acmella (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Genus: | Allopeas |
Species: | A. acmella
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Binomial name | |
Allopeas acmella (Morelet, 1885)
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Synonyms | |
Stenogyra acmella Morelet, 1885 (original combination) |
Allopeas acmella is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 4 ¼ mm.
(Original description in Latin) The crystalline and smooth shell is small, turreted and needle-shaped, with a slightly blunt apex. It has 7 barely convex whorls, bordered by a finely toothed suture, with the body whorl making up about one-fourth of the shell's length. The aperture is ovate-lunate, with simple, curved margins, and the columellar margin slightly expanded and reflected at the top. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was found in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon.
References
[edit]- ^ Allopeas acmella(Morelet, 1885). 27 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Morelet, Arthur (1885). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique équinoxiale". Journal de conchyliologie. 33: 26. Retrieved 27 August 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J. D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. p. 192.
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