Chloritis gruneri
Chloritis gruneri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc 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. gruneri |
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Chloritis gruneri (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)[1] | |
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Shell description
The shell is large for the genus, brown, without hairs, somewhat elevated spire, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a strong, white callus bearing a more or less conspicuous tooth.[2] The width of the shell is 34–45 mm.[2]
References
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- Pfeiffer L. (1845). "Description of twenty-two new species of landshells, belonging to the collection of Mr H. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 63-69.
- 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
- Zilch A. (1966). "Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 35: Mollusca, Camaenidae (5)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 293-319, pls 1-5.
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