Allopeas micra
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| Shell of Allopeas micra (specimen at the National History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Allopeas |
| Species: | A. micra
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| Binomial name | |
| Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)
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Allopeas micra is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Allopeas micra mazatlanicum (Pilsbry, 1931)
- Allopeas micra micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
Description
[edit]The shell is elongated and turreted, thin and translucent. It shows very pronounced striations formed by small, sharp, raised ribs. It is nearly umbilicate, with a long, almost conical spire that ends in an obtuse apex. The shell is composed of 8 whorls that are slightly rounded. The aperture is oval with sharp, well-defined margins, and the columella is straight. The shell exhibits a yellowish-white color. [2]
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of Allopeas micra includes:
Synonyms
[edit]- Achatina lucida Poey, 1852 junior subjective synonym
- Bulimus contractus Poey, 1853 junior subjective synonym
- Bulimus octonoides C. B. Adams, 1845 junior subjective synonym
- Bulimus tryonianus Tate, 1870 junior subjective synonym
- Helix (Cochlitoma) micra A. d'Orbigny, 1835 superseded combination
- Helix micra A. d'Orbigny, 1835 superseded combination
- Lamellaxis (Allopeas) micron (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
- Lamellaxis (Allopeas) micrus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
- Lamellaxis (Leptopeas) micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination
- Lamellaxis micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination
- Lamellaxis micrus A. d'Orbigny, 1835 incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
- Leptopeas micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination
- Opeas dresseli (K. Miller, 1879) junior subjective synonym
- Opeas lucida (Poey, 1852) unaccepted
- Opeas micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination
- Opeas octonoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) junior subjective synonym
- Opeas tryonianum (Tate, 1870) junior subjective synonym
- Opeas tryonianum var. subovale E. von Martens, 1898 junior subjective synonym
- Stenogyra (Opeas) dresseli K. Miller, 1879 junior subjective synonym
- Stenogyra (Opeas) octonoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) junior subjective synonym
- Stenogyra octonoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) junior subjective synonym
References
[edit]- ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Pilsbry, H.A. (1906–1907). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 18: Achatinidae: Stenogyrinae and Coeliaxinae. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Brook, F. J. (2010). "Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences". Tuhinga. 21: 161–252.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. p. 184.
- Rosenberg, G.; Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155 (1): 151. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
- Rutherford, M. G. (2011). "Land snails from the Five-Island Archipelago, north-west Trinidad, West Indies". Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. 2011: 42–45.
- Robinson, D. G.; Fields, A.; Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). "The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago". Nterim Report: 1–21.
- Breure, A. S. H.; Roosen, M. T.; Ablett, J. D. (2022). "Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist". Iberus. 40 (1): 88.
- Breure, A. S. H.; Hovestadt, A.; Fields, A.; Robinson, D. G. (2016). "The land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Lesser Antilles), with description of a new species". The Nautilus. 130 (2): 34.
External links
[edit]- d'Orbigny, A. (1835). "Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere collectorum". Magasin de Zoologie. 5 (61): 1–44.
- Adams, C.B. (1845). "Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 12.
- Tate, R. (1870). "On the land and fresh-water Mollusca of Nicaragua". American Journal of Conchology. 5 (3): 157.
- Poey, F. (1851–1854). "Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés". La Habana. 1: 1–463.
- Miller, K. (1879). "Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador". Malakozoologische Blätter. Neue Folge. 1: 123.
- Bieler, R.; Slapcinsky, J. (2000). "A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda". Nemouria. 44: 1–99.
- Chase, R.; Robinson, D. G. (2001). "The uncertain history of land snails on Barbados: implications for conservation". Malacologia. 43 (1–2): 45.
- Hovestadt, A.; Neckheim, C. M. (2020). "A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint-Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies" (PDF). Folia Conchyliologica. 57: 1–38.
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