Biology:Chloritis macrostoma

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Chloritis macrostoma
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.288755 - Chloritis macrostoma Gude, 1906 - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Chloritis macrostoma shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Camaeninae
Genus:
Species:
C. macrostoma
Binomial name
Chloritis macrostoma
Gude, 1906[1]

Chloritis macrostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

The type locality is Bangaya, off East Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Shell description

The shell is large for the genus, brown, without hairs, completely flat, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus.[2] The width of the shell is 37–48 mm.[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]

  1. Gude G. K. (1906). "Critical remarks on certain forms of Chloritis, with descriptions of twelve new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society 7: 40-50, pls 1-2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 HTM .

Wikidata ☰ Q5102974 entry