Aulacospira khaobote
| Aulacospira khaobote | |
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| Shell of Aulacospira khaobote | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hypselostomatidae |
| Genus: | Aulacospira |
| Species: | A. khaobote
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulacospira khaobote Dumrongrojwattana & Panha, 2006[1]
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Aulacospira khaobote is a species of small land snail with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae.[2]
Description
(original description) The height of the shell varies between 1.59 mm and 1.89 mm, its diameter between 1.91 mm and 2.38 mm.
The shell is minute and triangular in shape, featuring a high spire and a brownish coloration. Both the protoconch and the teleoconch are smooth. The body whorl is characterized by a broad sulcus (groove), while the tuba (the final part of the body whorl when it becomes detached from the previous whorls) remains very short. Unlike related species, the peristome is not expanded, and the aperture lacks teeth entirely.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in Thailand on limestome rocks.
References
- ^ Dumrongrojwattana, Pongrat; Panha, Somsak (2006). "Two New Species of Aulacospira from Eastern Thailand (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Pupillidae)". he Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. 6 (2): 121–124. doi:10.58837/tnh.6.2.102928.
- ^ Aulacospira khaobote Dumrongrojwattana & Panha, 2006. 1 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Dumrongrojwattana, P.; Tanmuangpak, K. (2020). "The terrestrial microsnail genus Aulacospira Möllendorff, 1890 (Eupulmonata, Stylommatophora, Hypselostomatidae) in Thailand with key to Thai species". Zookeys. 980: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.980.54100. PMC 7642177. Retrieved 31 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.
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