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Eutrochatella tankervillii

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Eutrochatella tankervillii
Eutrochatella tankervillii shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Eutrochatella
Species:
E. tankervillii
Binomial name
Eutrochatella tankervillii
(Gray, 1824)
Synonyms

Helicina tankervillii Gray, 1824
Eutrochatella tankervillei (orth. error)

Eutrochatella tankervillii is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.

The specific name tankervillii is in honor of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.

Distribution

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Jamaica.[1]

Description

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Circulatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Eutrochatella tankervillii is 67 mOsm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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): 117-161.
  2. ^ Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.