Alinda fallax is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]
| Alinda fallax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Alinda |
| Species: | A. fallax
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| Binomial name | |
| Alinda fallax (Rossmässler, 1836)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 22 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 5.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell features a barely visible fissure and has a fusiform, swollen shape with small ribs, broad in form, and a brownish-horn color. The aperture is wide and rounded-pyriform, with a swollen spire and a crested base. The peristome is continuous, with a solitary, reflexed, reddish edge. The lower lamella is set apart, and there are two upper palatal folds, with the lower posterior fold being very short. A crescent-shaped fold is incomplete, and the columellar fold is slightly submerged. The area surrounding the umbilicus is hemispherical. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
References
edit- ^ Alinda fallax (Rossmässler, 1836). 15 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Rossmässler, E.A. (1835–1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Dresden und Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). p. 102.
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External links
edit- Schmidt, A. (1868). System der europäischen Clausilien und ihrer nächsten Verwandten. Cassel: Theodor Fischer. ISBN 978-0267536955.
- Kimakowicz, M. von (1883). "Beitrag zur Mollusken-Fauna Siebenbürgens". Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften. 33: 11–83.
