Leptopoma perlucida

Leptopoma perlucida is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae.

Apertural view of the shell of Leptopoma perlucida

Leptopoma perlucida
Shell of Leptopoma perlucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Cyclophoridae
Genus:
Leptopoma
Species:
L. perlucida
Binomial name
Leptopoma perlucida
(Grateloup, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma nitidum Sowerby, G.B. II, 1843 (junior synonym)
  • Cyclostoma perlucida Grateloup, 1840 (original combination)
  • Leptopoma nitidum (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1843) (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum ultra Iredale, 1937 (junior synonym)

Distribution

This species occurs in Indonesia.[1] The color of the shell is actually translucently milky-white, and the green color is from the mantle.

References
  1. Leptopoma nitidum. BISHOGAI Data Base, accessed 2 April 2009.


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