Ampelita omphalodes
| Ampelita omphalodes | |
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| Shell of Ampelita omphalodes var. loucoubeensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Ampelita |
| Species: | A. omphalodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Ampelita omphalodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix omphalodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (original combination) | |
Ampelita omphalodes is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. [1]
- Variety
- Ampelita omphalodes var. loucoubeensis (Crosse, 1881)
Description
The height of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 41 mm.
(Original description in Latin) This widely umbilicate, depressed, and solid shell is lightly striated. Under a yellowish, deciduous epidermis. The shell is white, with reddish bands at the periphery and suture. The spire is barely raised, and the shell has five rather flat whorls. The body whorl barely descends anteriorly, and the base is slightly more convex, subcompressed around the large, spiral umbilicus, which is chestnut inside. The aperture is very oblique and lunate-oval. The peristome is shortly reflexed, brown, with converging margins. [2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
References
- ^ Ampelita omphalodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1845). 9 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1845). "Description of twenty-two new species of land-shells, belonging to the collection of Mr. H. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 (147): 64. Retrieved 9 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). "Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés". Faune de Madagascar. 83: 109.
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External links
- Fischer-Piette, E., Blanc, F. & Salvat, F. (1975). "Complément aux mollusques pulmonés de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série 3, No 288. 198: 247.
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