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Allopeas acmella

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Species of gastropod

Allopeas acmella
Drawing of a shell of Allopeas acmella (holotype)
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. acmella
Binomial name
Allopeas acmella
(Morelet, 1885)
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.

Description

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.

Distribution

This species was found in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon.

References

  1. Allopeas acmella(Morelet, 1885). 27 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Morelet, Arthur (1885). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique équinoxiale". Journal de conchyliologie. 33: 26. Retrieved 27 August 2024. Public Domain 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Taxon identifiers
Allopeas acmella
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