Pyramidula chorismenostoma
| Pyramidula chorismenostoma | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Pyramidula chorismenostoma | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. chorismenostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyramidula chorismenostoma (Westerlund & , 1879)[1]
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Helix (Patula) rupestris chorismenostoma Westerlund & Blanc, 1879 | |
Pyramidula chorismenostoma is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidulidae.
Shell description[]
The normal condition of the shell of this species is , i.e. the whorls of the shell are not attached to one another. This shell type is unique among the non-marine malacofauna of Europe.[2]
The width of the shell is up to 2.2 mm, the height is up to 3.1 mm.[2]
Distribution[]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Greece: approximately the southern 2/3 of Greece, Crete, and the Aegean islands.[2]
- Western Turkey[3]
References[]
- ^ Westerlund C. A. & Blanc H. 1879. Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. pp. 1-161, [1], Pl. I-IV [= 1-4]. Naples. (Tornese).
- ^ a b c Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.
- ^ Pyramidula chorismenostoma. AnimalBase. Accessed 14 December 2008.
Further reading[]
- Mylonas M. 1982. New data on the taxonomy and distribution de Pyramidula rupestris chorismenostoma (Blanc). Malacologia, 22(1-2): 439–440.
Categories:
- Pyramidulidae
- Gastropods described in 1879
- Orthurethra stubs