Parmacella olivieri

Parmacella olivieri is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

Parmacella olivieri
Drawing of dorsal view and right lateral view of Parmacella olivieri from its type description by Georges Cuvier.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Parmacelloidea
Family:
Parmacellidae
Genus:
Parmacella
Species:
P. olivieri
Binomial name
Parmacella olivieri
Cuvier, 1804[1]

Parmacella olivieri is the type species of the genus Parmacella.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The shell is very narrow, thick-walled.[2] The apex is smooth and glossy amber golden.[2] There are several tubercles and wrinkles in the aperture.[2]

The animal is brown with chocolate brown bands on the mantle.[2] The mantle is up to 20 mm long.[2] The whole animal up to 32 mm long.[2]

Drawing of anatomy of Parmacella olivieri from its type description.
Drawing of anatomy of Parmacella olivieri from its type description.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. (in French) Cuvier G. (1804). "Mémoire sur la dolabelle, sur la testacelle et sur un nouveau genre de mollusques à coquille cachée, nommée parmacelle". Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5(30): 435-444, Plate 29. Paris.
  2. "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

Further reading
  • (in German) Simroth H. (1883) "Anatomie der Parmacella Olivieri Cuv." Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 10: 1-46. Plate 1.
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