Durgella is a genus of glass snails in the subfamily Durgellinae of the family Helicarionidae. [2]
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| A snail of Durgella russeola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Subfamily: | Durgellinae |
| Tribe: | Durgellini |
| Genus: | Durgella W. T. Blanford, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Helix levicula W. H. Benson, 1859
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe Additional and Principal Characters of the Genus Durgella (description by H.H. Godwin-Austen)
1. The right and left mantle-lobes moderate, the shell-lobes very ample; the right shell-lobe extends from the anal aperture (close to the upper angle of the shell-aperture) to the columellar margin, and spreads away over the shell in a broad triangular tongue; the left shell-lobe is reflected slightly over the edge of the shell in front, from near the respiratory orifice, and becomes wider on the lower margin as it approaches the umbilicus, and is also of triangular shape when extended. A large portion of the shell is always exposed.
2. The mucous pore is well developed, with a large overhanging lobe.
3. The jaw is very thin, membranaceous, almost straight on the margin, with a very slight central projection.
4, The odontophore is broader than long, with a central minute, tricuspid tooth; the lateral teeth all similar, minutely 6-cuspid or pectiniform, on a curved edge, very closely set together and exceedingly numerous. 170—1—170+.
5. In generative organs, an amatorial organ present in the Burmese form is absent in the Indian.
6. Shell thin or membranaceous, globose or depressedly conoid; polished, very closely perforate, the columellar margin having no solidity.[3]
Distribution
editSpecies of this genus have been found in Southeast Asia.[1]
Species
edit- Durgella aborense Godwin-Austen, 1916
- Durgella assamica Gondwin-Austen, 1881
- Durgella christianae (Theobald, 1864)
- Durgella densestriata Vermeulen, T.-S. Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
- Durgella dwipana (Gude, 1903)
- Durgella edeana Godwin-Austen, 1910
- Durgella erratica (Godwin-Austen, 1888)
- Durgella hosei Godwin-Austen, 1891
- Durgella khasiaca Godwin-Austen, 1883
- Durgella kumahensis (Theobald & Stoliczka, 1872)
- Durgella levicula (W. H. Benson, 1859)
- Durgella libas Solem, 1966
- Durgella mairangensis Godwin-Austen, 1898
- Durgella naharaniensis Godwin-Austen, 1914
- Durgella nulla Pholyotha & Panha, 2024
- Durgella pentata Pholyotha & Panha, 2024
- Durgella rhaphiellus (E. von Martens, 1867)
- Durgella rogersi Godwin-Austen, 1907
- Durgella russeola (Morelet, 1865)
- Durgella salius (W. H. Benson, 1859)
- Durgella seposita (W. H. Benson, 1859)
- Durgella siamensis Möllendorff, 1902
- Durgella sundana B. Rensch, 1930
- Synonyms
- Durgella dekhanensis Godwin-Austen, 1898: synonym of Satiella dekhanensis (Godwin-Austen, 1898) (original combination)
- Durgella levidensis Godwin-Austen, 1898: synonym of Satiella levidensis (Godwin-Austen, 1898) (original combination)
- Durgella pusilla (E. von Martens, 1867): synonym of Durgella dwipana (Gude, 1903) (invalid; based on preoccupied original name)
- Durgella sumbaensis Godwin-Austen, 1898: synonym of Helicarion sumbaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1898) (original combination)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Durgella". MolluscaBase. LifeWatch Belgium. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Durgella W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867817 on 2024-08-13
- ^ Godwin-Austen, H.H. (1881). "On the land-molluscan genus Durgella, W. T. Blanford; with notes on its anatomy and description of a new species". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 15 (86): 291–296. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb00362.x.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
edit- Blanford, W.T. (1863). "On Indian species of land-shells belonging to the genera Helix, Linn., and Nanina, Gray". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (11 (62)): 81–86.
- Burton, D.W. (1982). "How to be sluggish". Tuatara. 25 (2): 48–64.
- Godwin-Austen, H.H. (1862–1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London: Taylor & Francis.
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