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Allopeas micra

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Allopeas micra
Shell of Allopeas micra (specimen at the National History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Allopeas
Species:
A. micra
Binomial name
Allopeas micra
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
Synonyms

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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

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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

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The distribution of Allopeas micra includes:

Synonyms

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  • 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  • Helix (Cochlitoma) micra A. d'Orbigny, 1835 superseded combination
  • Helix micra A. d'Orbigny, 1835 superseded combination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  • Lamellaxis (Leptopeas) micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination
  • Lamellaxis micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination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  • Leptopeas micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) superseded combination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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ 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.
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