Alopia canescens is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.[1]
Alopia canescens | |
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Shell of Alopia canescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Genus: | Alopia |
Species: | A. canescens
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Binomial name | |
Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
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- Subspecies
- Alopia canescens ambigua M. Kimakowicz, 1883
- Alopia canescens caesarea (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia canescens canescens (Charpentier, 1852)
- Alopia canescens costata (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
- Alopia canescens haueri (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
- Alopia canescens nefaria (M. Kimakowicz, 1894)
- Alopia canescens striicollis H. Nordsieck, 2024
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 14 mm, its diameter is 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) It differs from Alopia livida straminicollis (Charpentier, 1852), to which it is very similar in appearance, by having a more constricted, somewhat turreted-fusiform shell, entirely smooth and frosted. It lacks palatal folds. [2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Alopia canescens (Charpentier, 1852). 3 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Charpentier, J. de (1852). "Essai d'une classification naturelle des Clausilies". Journal de Conchyliologie. 3 (4): 364. Retrieved 3 September 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Rossmässler, E.A. (1856). "Natürliche Folgenreihe von Balea glorifica bis Clausilia plumbea". Malakozoologische Blätter. 3 (6).
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