Biology:Elaphroconcha

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Elaphroconcha
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Dyakiidae
Genus: Elaphroconcha
Gude, 1911[1]

Elaphroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

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

The 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

Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude described the genus like this:[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 PD-icon.svg 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.
  2. 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) : 363-369. PDF

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5353502 entry