Alycaeus conformis is a species of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. [1]
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| Shell of Alycaeus conformis (fig. C) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Alycaeidae |
| Genus: | Alycaeus |
| Species: | A. conformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alycaeus conformis Fulton, 1902
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm.
(Original description) The conical shell is very narrowly perforate and has a reddish apex. The lower whorls are either cream or suffused with pale pink. They are closely and finely obliquely striated. The larval whorls display similar striations, but in the opposite direction. There are 5 very convex whorls, with the body whorl inflated and constricted about 2 mm from the peristome. A breathing pore emerges at the start of the constriction and extends about half a whorl along the suture. The aperture is circular, with an expanded but non-reflected peristome, featuring an inner projecting rim. The operculum is concave, with approximately 6 whorls. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Peninsular Malaysia.
References
edit- ^ Alycaeus conformis Fulton, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 September 2024.
- ^ Fulton, H.C. (1902). "Descriptions of a new Alycaeus from Perak and a Bulimilus from Bolivia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (9): 68. doi:10.1080/00222930208678542. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Foon J.K. & Liew T.-S. (2017). "A review of the land snail genus Alycaeus (Gastropoda, Alycaeidae) in Peninsular Malaysia". ZooKeys (692): 1–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.692.14706. PMC 5672734. PMID 29133987.
- Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). "Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog". ZooKeys (981): 29. doi:10.3897/zookeys.981.53583. PMC 7644702. PMID 33199958.
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