- Chloritis biomphala
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Chloritis biomphala Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Helicoidea Family: Camaenidae Subfamily: Camaeninae Genus: Chloritis Species: C. biomphala Binomial name Chloritis biomphala
(L. Pfeiffer, 1862)[1]Synonyms - Helix biomphala L. Pfeiffer, 1862
Chloritis biomphala is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
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Distribution
The type locality is Seram Island ("in insula Ceram"), Indonesia.[2] Other locality include Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Shell description
The shell has moderate size for the genus, brown, without hairs, completely flat, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus.[2] The width of the shell is 17–20 mm.[2]
The species is probably described after more than one specimen (a number is not given in the original description, but in the dimensions 10–11 mm is given for the shell height).[2] The species has been never recorded again.[2]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]
- ^ Pfeiffer L. (1862). "Descriptions of thirty-six new land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 268-278.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
Further reading
- Sarasin P. & F. (1899). "Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes". Band 2: Die Landschnecken von Celebes: I-VIII, 1-248, pls 1-31.― Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden.
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