Eutrochatella tankervillii is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
Eutrochatella tankervillii | |
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Eutrochatella tankervillii shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Helicinidae |
Genus: | Eutrochatella |
Species: | E. tankervillii
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Binomial name | |
Eutrochatella tankervillii (Gray, 1824)
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Synonyms | |
Helicina tankervillii Gray, 1824 |
The specific name tankervillii is in honor of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.
Distribution
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editCirculatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Eutrochatella tankervillii is 67 mOsm.[2]
References
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- ^ Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161.
- ^ Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.