Tropidoptera heliciformis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae. [3]
| Tropidoptera heliciformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Tropidoptera |
| Species: | T. heliciformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidoptera heliciformis Ancey, 1890[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Amastra heliciformis Ancey, 1890 superseded combination | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is heliciform, depressed, and broadly umbilicate, with the umbilicus open, deep, angular at the margin, and approximately 2 mm in width. The surface is matte, brown, and marked with coarse striations, giving it a somewhat solid appearance.
The spire is depressed and broadly conical with a somewhat obtuse apex. It consists of 5 slightly convex whorls that increase regularly in size and are separated by an impressed suture. The body whorl is carinate, sloping convexly above, fully convex below, and gradually descending over a distance in front.
The aperture is oblique, irregularly circular, and furnished with a sharp, revolving, simple columellar fold. It is emarginate and angular externally, rounding at the base. The margins of the aperture are remote, with the columellar margin straight-sloping and forming an angle with the basal margin. [4]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ Cowie, R.H. (1996). "Tropidoptera heliciformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22347A9370906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22347A9370906.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tropidoptera heliciformis (Ancey, 1890)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ Tropidoptera heliciformis (Ancey, 1890). 4 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Cooke, C.M. (1917). "Some new species of Amastra". Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 3 (3): 14. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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External links
edit- Ancey, C.F. (1890). "Mollusques nouveaux de l'Archipel d'Hawai, de Madagascar et de l'Afrique Équatoriale". Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France. 7: 340-341.