Chloritis biomphala
Chloritis biomphala is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Camaeninae |
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| Species: | C. biomphala |
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| Chloritis biomphala (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)[1] | |
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Distribution
The type locality is Seram Island ("in insula Ceram"), Indonesia.[2] Other locality include Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Shell description
The shell has moderate size for the genus, brown, without hairs, completely flat, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus.[2] The width of the shell is 17–20 mm.[2]
The species is probably described after more than one specimen (a number is not given in the original description, but in the dimensions 10–11 mm is given for the shell height).[2] The species has been never recorded again.[2]
Apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of the syntype of Chloritis biomphala. The width of the shell is 20 mm.
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]
- Pfeiffer L. (1862). "Descriptions of thirty-six new land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 268-278.
- Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 HTM Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading
- Sarasin P. & F. (1899). "Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes". Band 2: Die Landschnecken von Celebes: I-VIII, 1-248, pls 1-31.― Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden.
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