Elaphroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Dyakiidae |
| Genus: | Elaphroconcha Gude, 1911[1] |
The generic name Elaphroconcha consist of Ancient Greek word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).[1]
Species
editThe genus Elaphroconcha includes 10 species:[2]
- Elaphroconcha internota (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species
- Elaphroconcha javacensis Férrusac, 1821 - photo
- Elaphroconcha patens E. von Martens, 1898
Description
editGerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude described the genus like this:[1]
Shell depressed, thin, fragile, translucent corneous, amber-coloured, dull above, polished below, finely striated, last whorl dilated towards aperture, more than twice the size of the penultimate whorl, impervious.
References
editThis article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]
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Gude G. P. L. K. (March 1911) "Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 269-. page 273.
- ^ Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2) Archived July 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine: 363-369. PDF
