Phuphania globosa

Phuphania globosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Dyakiidae.[2]

Phuphania globosa
Scientific classification
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Phuphania

Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007[1]
Species:
P. globosa
Binomial name
Phuphania globosa
Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007[1]

Phuphania globosa is the only species in the genus Phuphania.[1]

This snail lives in the Phu Phan Mountains in northeastern Thailand.[1]

The generic name Phuphania derives from the Phu Phan Mountains, where the snails comes from.[1] The specific name globosa is a Latin word which means "spherical" or "globose".[1]

Shell description

The shell is dextral, and it has 5¾ whorls. The height of the shell is 34.08 mm. The width of the shell is 28.70 mm.

References

  1. Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2): 363-369. PDF
  2. Bouchet, P. (2017). Phuphania globosa C. Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998121 on 2017-07-13


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