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Allopeas brevispira

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Allopeas brevispira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Allopeas
Species:
A. brevispira
Binomial name
Allopeas brevispira
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
Synonyms

Opeas brevispira Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904 (original combination)

Allopeas brevispira is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is openly perforate and oblong, notably short for the genus. It has a corneous, translucent, and glossy surface, finely striated with wrinkles. The spire is short and tapers smoothly to a blunt apex. It has 5½ moderately convex whorls. The aperture is elongated and rhombic-convex, with the outer lip arched forward in the middle. The columellar lip is reflexed, only adhering at the point of insertion, while the columella remains straight. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Japan. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904). 27 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1904). "Descriptions of new land shells of the Japanese Empire". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 56: 637. Retrieved 27 August 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Gbif.org: Opeas brevispira
  • Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. Shirahama: H. Minato. pp. 1–294.