- Chloritis macrostoma
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Chloritis macrostoma 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. macrostoma Binomial name Chloritis macrostoma
Gude, 1906[1]Chloritis macrostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
Distribution
The type locality is Bangaya, off East Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]
Shell description
The shell is large 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 37-48 mm.[2]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2].
- ^ Gude G. K. (1906). "Critical remarks on certain forms of Chloritis, with descriptions of twelve new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society 7: 40-50, pls 1-2.
- ^ a b c d 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.
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