Simpulopsis rufovirens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Subgenus: | Simpulopsis
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| Species: | S. rufovirens
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The specific name rufovirens refers to the coloration of this species. The name is composed from the Latin word "rufus", which means red or reddish, and from Latin word "virens", which means green.
Distribution
editThe distribution of Simpulopsis rufovirens includes Brazil.[3]
Description
editThe shell is semi-globose and very thin.[4] The color of the shell is olive-green or brown-tinted olive in color; somewhat shining but not glossy.[4] The surface is closely and strongly corrugated.[4] The corrugation rather is regular, though sometimes folds split or are intercalated.[4] Spire is conic.[4] The shell has 3½-4 moderately convex whorls.[4] The last whorl is globose.[4] The suture is slowly descending in front.[4] Aperture is rounded-ovate, very oblique, the outer lip thin, its upper end inserted at or near the periphery of the penultimate whorl.[4] The columellar lip is very thin and regularly arcuate.[4]
The width of the shell is 10.7[5]-14 mm;[4] the height of the shell is 11.7[5]-14 mm.[4] The width of the aperture is 9.5 mm; the longest axis of the aperture is 12.4 mm.[4]
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References
editThis article incorporates public domain text from the reference[4]
- ^ Moricand S. (1846). Mem. Soc. Phys. et His. Nat. Géneve, 11: 147-149, plate 5, figure 4.
- ^ (in German) Pfeiffer L. (1854). "Die Gattungen Daudebardia, Simpulopsis, Vitrina und Succinea". page 30, plate 3, figs. 3-4; plate 6, figures 17-19. In: Küster H. C. et al. (eds.). Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, J. H. Casselis, 1(part. 11): 1-59, pls. 1-6.
- ^ a b (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Pilsbry H. A. (1899). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1899). Manual of Conchology. Second Series: Pulmonata. (2)12: 216-217, plate 64, figs. 88-91; page 226.
- ^ a b c Breure A. S. H. (1978), "Notes and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 164: 1-255. page 232. PDF.
External links
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