Drymaeus inconspicuus

Drymaeus inconspicuus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.[2]

Drymaeus inconspicuus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Genus:
Drymaeus
Species:
D. inconspicuus
Binomial name
Drymaeus inconspicuus
(Haas, 1949)[1]
Synonyms

Bulimulus (Bulimulus) inconspicuus Haas, 1949

Distribution

Description

Adult specimens of Drymaeus inconspicuus can measure up to 25 mm shell height.[3] The species is characterized by the corneous-brown upper whorls and the suture, which is bordered by a white line, descending slightly in front.[3]

Haas (1949)[1] compared this species to Bulimulus transparens (Reeve, 1849), stating that his material was slightly smaller (17 vs. 19 mm shell height).[3] The type material of Bulimulus transparens is in the Natural History Museum (BMNH 1975397) and is labelled ‘Venezuela’ (Breure, 1978: 147).[3][4] If this locality is correct, a close relationship as suggested by Haas seems improbable.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3]

  1. Haas F. (1949). "Land and freshwater mollusks from Peru". Fieldiana Zoology 31: 235-250. page 236, fig. 50a.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Drymaeus inconspicuus (Haas, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350439 on 2020-06-23
  3. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Breure A. S. H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 164: 1-255.
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